Cuban photographer Alberto Korda's iconic photograph of Che Guevara is considered "the most famous photograph in the world and a symbol of the 20th century", yet Korda didn't directly receive a cent for his work. There were two significant reasons for this. When Korda was asked by Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, who went on sell two million copies of the image, how much royalty money he wanted, Korda replied ... Read full entry
Che Guevara good for Alberto Korda but better for Warhol
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 27 May, 2008 to the comment subset
Warhol is turning in his grave
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 21 November, 2007 to the design and art subset
Warhol is turning in his grave. The Pop Art Portraits exhibition on at London's National Portrait Gallery, which features the work of influential Pop artists such as Larry Poons, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol, says a lot about the contemporary fixation with copyright. Apparently they cut up magazines, copied comic books, drew trademarked cartoon characters like Minnie Mouse, reproduced covers from Time ... Read full entry
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