Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Molotov reading
When I read this story I was like 'wow that really sucks' but then thinking about it he really should have tried to contact Susan if he planned to have his pieces in a gallery.I too side with the photographer, it was hers and shouldn't have been altered unless permission was given.I do however sympathize with Garnett because that would be horrable to see his work advertising a different meaning but if you think about it..that what he did to Susans photographs.hmmm intresting.I do think though that the molotov shirt looked pretty cool.
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When I first started reading the story, I found myself being sympathetic towards Garnett, probably because he seemed to justify his actions so well. When he described what Susan's photograph looked like in comparison to his, I thought that his piece and her photo would be almost completely different, and that she was just being annoying and diggin' for gold. BUT, when I started to read Susan's side of the story, I sided mostly with her. His piece was DIRECTLY from hers, whether he knew it or not, whether he likes it or not. He should have just shared the credit with her. I just think of it this way: if someone did that to me (people HAVE copied me in the past...but this is different, since it is something copyrighted and published), would I reallyyy be that understanding? Uh...no. No excuses.
I'm finding it hard to choose a side as well, I can see where they are both coming from. However, if I had to choose, I'd go with Garnett.
After receiving a letter from Susan's lawyer, Garnett did agree to most of the terms. She is right in that it would have been too time consuming and a burden to get written permission every time the painting was reproduced. It would have been more civil for Garnett to have gotten Susan's permission beforehand, but since the painting was already out by the time Susan had heard of it, it was too late. Once the painting is shown and introduced to the world you can't really take it back. The best that could have been done at that point was to cite Susan's photograph as a source (which Garnett was willing to do).
I sympathize with Susan though, its understandable she'd be upset. If I were in her position, I would be too. He photograph was taken out of context which is a hard thing for an artist to deal with. However, her image was also greatly popularized by this event. Although the meaning might of changed, but it is her original image that got popularized.
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