Yeah, I’m pretty sure you need a model release for this one
In case you missed it, outerwear company Weatherproof has put up a billboard in Times Square with an AP image of President Obama wearing one of their coats. I expect it will be down soon, but I was interested in this quote from a company rep in the
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<fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="722365980">Christopher M. Lynch</fb:name> says:
January 8, 2010 at 6:44 am
Looks like its the season…did you see PETA went ahead and did the same thing with her as well….What are they thinking?
http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/01/first_ladys_office_displeased.html
tj says:
May 15, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Just saw your nicely done story in the May/June 2010 issue of AMERICAN PHOTO Magazine.
In it – you mentioned the Charles Dharapak, AP photo was from a 1.3mb JPEG file – could you please elaborate (camera, etc)?
Thanks.
Michelle Solomon says:
May 15, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Thanks TJ – much appreciated. Here are some more details from Charlie about the shoot:
“I edited my take and transmitted 18 images from the back of a bus as we headed from the Great Wall directly to the Beijing Airport (we were immediately traveling to South Korea). The image that was used on the billboard happened to be the first one that I transmitted ? I shot it with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II using a 24-70mm L lens.”