When can you make money selling photo prints of another person for tens of thousands of dollars, not pay the subject anything in return, get sued by an elder New York City Orthodox Jewish man, and win? Why, when you’re selling ART, of course! At least, so says Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Judith Gische when she ruled in favor of photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia. You can see the photo and read more at the Gothamist.
We just had a very litterate discussion of this topic at:
http://largeformatphotography.info/lfforum/topic/505391.html
Tuan.