Golly, a photographer who has talent, self-confidence, experience, and benevolence. And instead of starving, she’s thriving. How does that work?
Carol M. Highsmith donated more than 100,000 of her images, royalty free, to the Library of Congress. Which means the images of a disappearing America that she has documented since the 1980s are a downloadable gift anyone can share.
This is important because people and organizations that are protective of their creative endeavors, willing only associate art with “I’m worth it” price tags and infringement lawsuits, act as though they are deprived of their life’s blood when someone spreads and credits their creativity.
Getty Images, a photo agency that owns 80,000,000 images, is being sued by Highsmith for putting their watermark on her images and selling them. Getty told Highsmith she owes them $120 for copyright violation – she had put her own photograph on her own website, and Getty busted itself.
Karmic whiplash?
Photo from Carol M. Highsmith’s America