This thread has made me think about the latest purchase by Corbis that
     I heard of recently... the rights of the Turnley Brothers'
     photographs.  They are both alive and still producing photographs, and
     recently had a show at ICP in New York.

     I wonder what other museum folk think about the status of living
     photographers (in the prime of their career, no less) selling their
     "copyright/ rights."

     LIZ

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     PS>

     The following was clipped from the Corbis WWW page/ press releases:


      Premier Photojournalism Collections to Join
                              Corbis Archive

           Acclaimed Work of Peter and David Turnley to Be Widely Available



     BELLEVUE, Wash. - Aug. 21, 1996 - Renowned photojournalists Peter and
     David Turnley have chosen to sell their existing photography
     collections to the Corbis image archive, Corbis Corporation announced
     today. The Turnley brothers, acclaimed for their documentary and
      journalistic photography, may collaborate with Corbis in the
      future on books, exhibits, CD-ROMs or other projects using
      their photographs. Corbis is developing the world's foremost
      collection of digital images; the Turnley collections will form
       the cornerstone of the company's collection of quality
      photojournalism and will be widely available to professional
       and consumer audiences in both digital and film format.

     "David and Peter Turnley have a genius for capturing both
      daily life and pivotal news events," said Doug Rowan, Corbis
     president and CEO. "We're delighted to be partnering with them, and
     their imagery will add a new dimension to the Corbis archive."

     The Turnleys, twin brothers from Indiana who now live in Paris, share
     parallel careers. Traveling across the globe - sometimes together,
     sometimes alone - they have covered myriad subjects from modern life
     in Russia and political upheavals in China to the Gulf War devastation
     of Kuwait and the legacy of apartheid in South Africa. Peter Turnley
     has been awarded the Overseas Press Club award for Best Photographic
     Reporting from Abroad, among other honors, and David Turnley's many
     awards include a 1990 Pulitzer Prize.

     "Our dream is to communicate our vision of the human condition with
     our photographic archive to the greatest number of people around the
     world, today and to future generations," Peter and David Turnley
     stated. "Corbis supports this dream, and its high-quality digital
     technology offers the broadest dissemination of our work."

      As part of this transaction, the Turnleys and Corbis will make
      donations to the Howard Chapnick Grant, an adjunct to the W.
       Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. The Chapnick
       grant supports work, study and leadership in photojournalism
       management, editing and education and is designed to further
        the recipient's career development. In keeping with the
        creative, ethical and journalistic standards set by Howard
         Chapnick, special consideration is given to projects that
         promote social change.

     Corbis is a privately held company founded in 1989 to create new ways
     to access images and information through digital technology. The
     company is building a comprehensive archive of high-quality digital
     imagery and creative materials that encompass science and technology,
     the fine arts, history, people and cultures, natural history and many
     other areas. Corbis is based in Bellevue, Wash., with offices in New
     York City and London.


     For more information, contact: Corbis Corporation
     Laurie McEachron
     (206) 649-3363
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     Waggener Edstrom
     Angela Newlove
     (206) 637-9097
     e-mail: [log in to unmask]

     Pages c 1996 Corbis





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Subject: Re: Photo Credits?
Author:  Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> at INETMAIL
Date:    9/16/96 11:32 AM


I assume that it is the same for other works of art. If this is the case,
copywrite holds for fifty years after the creator's death. For more
information, you may want to contact Artist's Right's in NYC.


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