From: Phillip Murphy (pmurf@bellsouth.net)
Date: 10/26/03-06:43:22 AM Z
Am I naive to see this as a reasonable request? Are images so precious that
only the well healed or the in crowd have the opportunity to enjoy or be
inspired by them? Have we become so litigious in our stance that what was once
magic has become just another commodity? Does anyone remember , as I do, the
time when you could see two or three Ansel Adams prints hanging in a doctor's
waiting room. The 20x24 originals that he paid 25 bucks for because he really
loved the photographs. Did the photographer lose a nickel on "Moonrise" (one of
the three in that office) because he printed un-numbered hundreds of them?
In a time where more camera phones are sold than digital or film cameras, and
many in-house photographic departments are closing in favor of stock image
alternatives for their corporate needs. Where images are routinely sent anywhere
in the country within minutes and are posted for download on thousands of ftp
and web sites. I don't see this request as outrageous. Perhaps I'm just naive,
but what happened to photography for the love of the image?
-Phillip
Jonathan Bailey wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm posting to the list an email I received this morning. In the body of
> the email was one of my images, presumably a jpg that this person (I've
> withheld his name) cut and pasted from my website, and the following letter:
>
> "Hi my name is XXXX XXXX and I am the owner of a small graphic design
> company. I would like to use the picture below on my wall as inspiration for
> myself and my designers. I am looking to blow it up to the size of the wall
> and use a decoupage technique on it. Basically like one big mural. I am
> originally from the Boston area and found this picture in particular to be
> very inspiring. Honestly I was hoping I could use the picture in good faith
> as I do not have a lot of money right now. Please let me know what I need to
> do to get a high res picture. I do not want to use this for any advertising
> purposes and it will only be on display in our office."
>
> End quotation.
>
> Has anyone else on the list ever received a letter like this?? I think it's
> a pretty outrageous letter - for a variety of reasons....
>
> Your thoughts are welcome.
>
> Best - Jon
> www.jonathan-bailey.com
> Tenants Harbor, Maine
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