Fairey Case Sparks Questions on Using Photos as Art Reference
Posted on 3/18/2009 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version |
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As a result of the publicity surrounding Shepard Fairey's use of an Associated Press photograph, taken by Mannie Garcia, as reference for his very successful Obama Hope poster, a university inquired into standard stock-industry practices for the use of photographs as reference for fine or street art.
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