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Photographer credits on major fashion agency board
I don't think I've seen this done in the U.S. - at least for the major fashion agencies. But, I recently noticed that Storm in the UK does this now. http://www.stormmodels.com/Alzbeta.html?boardId=1005 It's very tasteful and nice. Oct 23 14 08:10 pm Link it doesn't look like they have done it on all the photos. Do you think it was a condition set by the photographers? Oct 23 14 09:20 pm Link KungPaoChic wrote: I wouldn't think so, as photographers are used to not having credits on agency boards. Oct 23 14 10:55 pm Link Photographers in the UK, for instance, can deliberately "assert" moral rights - specifically amongst which is an absolute right, if asserted, to be identified as the author of a photograph [a work] [Right of Attribution (“Paternity”)]. For photographers in some other countries, e.g. France, that right is automatically asserted in any work they create. [Right of Attribution (“Paternity”)] Photographers based in the US do not have these rights except in the case of certain very specific kinds of works under the VISUAL ARTISTS RIGHTS ACT OF 1990 [VARA] Studio36 Oct 24 14 09:51 am Link J O H N A L L A N wrote: I know it isn't normal but maybe it was a condition set down by the photographer and they really wanted to use those photographs. Oct 24 14 10:00 am Link The even more irksome situation is for someone - e.g. an agency; or a third party publisher, in particular the likes of on-line webzenes, ect. - to insist on obtaining photographs that are unmarked and then putting their own agency or website logo on them. I have have a standing bone of contention with Vogue On-Line, for instance, [and some others] about exactly that. 1st) They insist as a condition of submission that the author wave any right to attribution; whilst 2nd) They also make it a condition of submission that they acquire a right to put their own name on your work. FUCK THAT !!! They aren't paying anything so the least they can do is either offer a credit and / or keep their name off other people's work. Studio36 Oct 24 14 10:09 am Link studio36uk wrote: I did a press release and some social media work for a client of mine -- and google his name to see what came up. His IMDB came up and recognize the headshot I took -- with his manger's copyright symbol and photo credit underneath it. Oct 24 14 10:17 am Link sweetcheekscouture wrote: Yeah, well if it was me they would have heard about it. IF you are the rights owner, then THAT is a breach of US copyright law in fact. see: 17 USC 1201;1202;1203. If it was a serious enough event, and caused you some kind of real loss, there is also the Lanham Act [15 USC] to consider - as that is then a "false statement of origin" Oct 24 14 10:24 am Link studio36uk wrote: I am going about it the nice way before I directly contact IMDB myself. Oct 24 14 10:35 am Link This should be standard, One of the reasons I dislike facebook. Too many people take photos and posts on their own profile without credit, Someone states "great photo" and they respond, "thanks" Sigh, Giggle Oct 24 14 08:40 pm Link Haven't seen that in the U.S. The agencies do post a list of recommended photographers for new models to test with, though. Oct 29 14 12:53 pm Link Lallure Photographic wrote: Where do you see that - I've never seen a leading agency do that. Oct 29 14 10:23 pm Link |
