[Thanks to TTL]
Photographer Elina Brotherus's best shot, article. Is the photograph taken by the guy who depresses the shutter, or by the person directing the shot?
And how much can you delegate, and still claim authorship of a work?
I think there are no final answers.
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Is the photograph taken by the guy who depresses the shutter, or by the person directing the shot?
By the person directing the shot of course.
In the field of motion picture, the footage is not “taken” by anyone. Rather the director and cinematographer are separately credited.
That's true. Unfortunately for you we're talking about a photograph here. Dumbass.
Unfortunately for you we're talking about a photograph here.
You don't say?
Didn't you also post about another big photographer who was basically the director of a shoot rather than the actual photographer. It was a godawful surreal photo.
We never give credit to the editor of a novel, but some editors/publishers spend a lot of energy guiding the work.
In a shot like this timing does enter into it, so credit the button pusher for that.
But if she composed the shot, set the exposure/aperture etc, then he just became a wireless remote.
If it was just sand and no waves the button pusher added nothing.
A more questionable one is the collaboration between Dali and Philipe Halsman. This is a true collaboration. Dali building the sculpture and Halsman preserving for always.
A beautiful picture.
A beautiful picture.
Yes. It is strangely pleasant.
To me it seems that this picture was mostly directed by that big guy (or poasibly a woman) in the sky...
Have a question. Is this picture a landscape or a nude;o)
As for the picture. The director gets high billing. Camera operator is way down the list of credits.
Guess it all depends on how famous you are.
Joe
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