For today's critical analysis, you will read an article about photographer Vivian Maier's work and the controversy surrounding who holds the copyright to reproduce, exhibit, and profit from her work. You will then respond to the article here. Here is the link to the New York Times article:
www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/arts/design/a-legal-battle-over-vivian-maiers-work.html Write a 4 paragraph response to the article above, giving your opinion on what you feel should happen to Vivian Maier's photographs. Consider these questions as you write:
If you do not finish in class, you must complete this for homework before class on Friday, 4/6/18! If you are interested in reading more about the Vivian Maier case, here is a recent article about the settlement of Maier's estate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-vivian-maier-estate-court-settlement-met-20160510-story.html
EmmaKate Spies
4/12/2019 08:40:42 am
I think that her work should be shown to the public after her death to keep her memory alive. Artists memories are important because without dead artist’s work being shown in museums their memory would die completely because no one in the next generations would know the artist. Her work should have been shown in a small gallery close to where she lived so if people wanted to see her work then they would have to go to the gallery. The artists’ wishes are important to the public because they are the owner of the piece. If an artist died and didn’t want their art showcased then people should honor their wishes and not publicise their work. The artist has full ownership of their work dead or alive. If the artist decides to shut down their exhibit after they have died then the gallery or museum that their work is displayed in should be taken down.
mariah podwika
4/12/2019 08:43:04 am
I think that, if she kept the photographs a secret when she was alive, she would have wanted them to stay a secret. She must have had a reason for keeping them a secret, and who knows what repercussions she thought there might have been if the images went public. The photographs might have been her release from all the things going on in her life. How would you feel if your journal got released for everyone in the world to see? Regardless if she is dead or not, those images could have been sacred for her, and so she kept them hidden because it was her thing. That thing wasn’t for anyone else’s eyes.
Samantha Meldner
4/12/2019 08:50:14 am
The story of Vivian Maier begins with her job as a nanny when she kept her photography a secret from everyone. She passed away in 2009 around the age of 83. She was poor and had no close family. The photographs she made were declared to be the most beautiful of the 20th century. A case of a potential heir to her imagery was filed in June by David C. Deal who has intentions of keeping from the world. The chief of the owners of her work is John Maloof, a former realtor, who directed commercial galleries, books, documentaries, and exhibitions of her work.
Sofia Galindo
4/12/2019 08:51:34 am
I think in this case it is okay to publish her work because even though she did pass away, she never told anyone not to publish her work. If she had died and told a loved one to not let anyone publish her work and her work was still published, that would have been wrong. The artist’s wishes still matter after their death because if they did not want their artwork published, it is wrong to go against their wishes and publish the artwork anyways, no matter how good it is. I think it would be a shame if Vivian Maier’s work couldn’t be seen by the public because of an unknown heir that is threatening to tie her legacy knots. However, if this person knew that Vivian did not want her artwork shown, I think it would be the right thing to do.
Claire Rollwitz
4/12/2019 08:53:11 am
From the outside, Vivian Maier lived a normal life in Chicago. Little did the world know that Maier was an artist. It was only after she died when her secret was let out. Her amazing photograph prints were found in a storage locker and sold. Now the debate arises about what to do with her photographs.
Clara Blume
4/12/2019 08:53:29 am
I think that her wishes concerning her work should be honoured, even after death. I believe it is a violation of her privacy to release her art to the public. Vivian Maier kept her art a secret for her entire life. I think that if she wanted to publish her art, she would have. She took over 100,000 pictures that she left in the negative.
Matthew Sutherland
4/12/2019 08:59:47 am
This is an article about a legal battle over Vivian Maier’s works of photography. I think her work should be shown to the public. She might not have wanted to, but art and information should be spread. This is why I think her works should be spread.
Farouk Ramzan
4/12/2019 04:22:55 pm
I don’t think it is morally correct to share her work to the world knowing that she would never want that. But morals account for nothing in the world of money and pop culture, and things will be discovered and shared. There is are upsides of sharing her work such as an exposure of the beauty of photography to the public, inspiration for young people, and the photos provide a deep understanding of the 20th century. 4/12/2019 09:21:44 pm
Vivian Maier is a photographer who lived her life in secret. Her main Job was a nanny, but whenever she wondered around town she took pictures. With this she only developed a little bit of the negative, but most of her work was just undeveloped sitting in storage. Years later a man found these negatives with some of the most beautiful pictures. Even though Vivian was penniless her artwork is almost worth 1 million dollar. Now there is a big dispute on who actually gets to keep the images, the heir of Vivian or the man that bought all of her artwork.
teresa lei
4/13/2019 12:54:36 am
Vivian Maier, a photographer lived through the 20th centuries, concealed a huge part of her identity behind the public and her close friends. She worked as a nanny, a job that seems totally different from her interest. She had a very private personality. Instead of searching for recognition and certification from others, she depicted the people and scene that moved her. Her work opened another perspective toward the life in 20th centuries, which is fascinating 4/15/2019 08:46:10 am
1.The articles are about a monkey who wandered upon a mans camera and took a picture of itself creating a “monkey selfie”. The issue was they were unsure who should get the copyright and the money that comes from the picture. This copyright was fought over with a monkey(Naruto), PETA, and David J. Slater.
Hasan Ehsan
4/15/2019 11:38:44 am
Vivian Maier is a renowned photographer whose images gained popularity posthumously. The copyright issues after her death have become very tangled and complicated, but I believe that her images should not be publicized. If there’s evidence that Maier did not want her photographs disseminated, then the public should honor that. Maier has a permanent copyright over the work that she’s created, and what she says about her pictures should be followed until the end of time. An artist’s wishes for his or her own work should always be honored.
Samnatha Meldner
4/18/2019 06:23:03 am
Vivian Maier’s work is absolutely beautiful and shares artistic value. She kept her entire photography a career a secret. Although her wishes were most likely that she never wanted people to see these images, I believe that it is a good thing that her images made it to the public. This way she enriched the world with the beauty of her work. She changed it for the better. Most artists find themselves being inspired by other artists that have come before them. Comments are closed.
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