April 27, 2005
Kisses
This is the work of artist Tali Gai. Her mother owns M Salon and Tali's creations are displayed in the window of her mother's shop.
As you can see her sculptures are brilliantly colored, eyecatching and ever so whimsical. Raw meat, as they say in the trade, for the predatory amateur digital photographer stalking a shot.
As I was snapping away, a shop assistant ran out of the door and told me to stop . She said that the sculptures were copyrighted and that I wasn't allowed to take photos of them. Obedient soul that I am, I stopped (but, as you notice, didn't turn in my negatives). She came out again with a brochure for Tali's upcoming show and apologized for being stern. Evidently another photographer had done what I was doing, and published the photo as his or her own , which it was, kind of.
The next day a friend of mine went back with her camera (I'll see if I can publish her photo which is seriously spiritual), and was told that if she used her photograph, she was to give credit to the artist. This is only fair, given that Tali has clearly spent hundreds of hours meticulously creating this vision, and all of us little snappers just come along and snarf it up.
I am of the opinion that photography, at least as I do it, is not really art, in the sense that it falls into my lap completely whole, at most needing a dusting with photoshop. There are many times that I shoot someone else's creation, as in rock arrangements, or painted pumpkins without knowing who made them.
I can only hope that when a real artist sees their stuff on my blog their heart will warm with the knowledge that their audience is expanding, by at least three people. (just kidding, since google image's mistake continues, and 1700 folk a day are bumbling in.)
Photo note: see above
Here's the fabulous shot my friend manifested. She kindly donated it for your edification, but wishes to remain anonymous.
Posted by Dakota at April 27, 2005 06:09 AM