I wouldn't really call your shot derivative. You weren't the first person to angle your shot like that, but neither was the person who shot the picture on that cover.
I myself have shot pictures like the lower picture on that cover, and I've never read anything about the Dusseldorf school. On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:05 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to say now that I don't remember ever seeing the photograph at the > link below, never even heard of the Dusseldorf school. > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/.a/6a00df351e888f8834015392f126e9970b-800wi > > vs mine > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20surfclubmadisonct.html > > Now my image isn't overtly manipulated, every element that was there is > still there. The only things I did were play with the luminance values and > contrast, as I would have done in traditional darkroom work, (which was > nearly impossible to do with color in the days before digitization), based > on Rhine II I;d bet that's not true of the work by Gursky. Are both works > derivative? Probably, I'm sure my vision was influenced by some image I've > seen somewhere, and I'll bet his was too. The only difference is that his > is Iconic while mine sells for $45.00, in local art shows if it sells at > all. > > -- > Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid > a lengthily search. or > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
