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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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
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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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