Episode 32: Is Richard Prince Even An Artist? [LSP #0032]

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In this episode:
00:01:22 – Controversial artist appropriates photos from Instagram, mocks up a screenshot and sells them for upwards of $100,000 for them. Is that art?

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00:02:55 – Miller Lite asks to use a photo from photographer Nikki May in a national ad campaign…but doesn’t want to pay for it. How devalued has photography become?

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00:08:19 – Sony makes a mistake and lists its awesome a7R at a $1,700 discount as hundreds, if not thousands, of people clammer to get the camera for roughly $200. Should they have honored all those orders?

 

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00:10:19 – A judge holds of the City of Atlanta, Georgia in contempt and orders the city to properly train officers on how do deal with the public and press taking photos and/or shooting video. Another victory in the war on photography.

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00:11:42 – ShutterDial.com emerges as a way to visualize various camera settings utilizing Flickr’s massive cache of photos.

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00:12:22 – Samsung adds additional functionality to it’s awesome NX1 camera via a firmware update. Buy the Samsung NX1 here. (Affiliate link)

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00:12:44 – A photographer gets fed up with Pinterest and sues them seeking to compel them to do more to “protect photographers and their work.”

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