{"id":163955,"date":"2024-09-07T06:11:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T12:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=163955"},"modified":"2024-09-07T08:29:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T14:29:57","slug":"one-of-my-photos-an-honest-mistake-and-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/07\/one-of-my-photos-an-honest-mistake-and-redemption\/","title":{"rendered":"One Of My Photos, An Honest Mistake And Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artist and gallery director Tony Krol has restored some of my faith in humanity.<\/p>\n

Tony is a muralist and director and curator of a gallery in the Tampa Bay area featuring artists from all over the world. On July 11th I received an email from Tony saying that he had “accidentally” painted one of my images on a building in South Bend, Indiana. The mix-up was related to several of his interns and a recordkeeping error (it’s complicated but that’s basically it). He thought he had permission to use the photo but he didn’t.<\/p>\n

Tony apologized sincerely and offered to “to replace the image of the bird in the composition with an image that you did not take”, even though that would require that he make another trip from Tampa to South Bend in order to do so, or “I can pay you royalties on the use or buy a licensing agreement from you.”<\/p>\n

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This is my Horned Lark photo – the one that Tony used by mistake for his mural in South Bend.<\/p>\n

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This is part of Tony’s very large mural on the side of an industrial building in South Bend – the part that includes my Horned Lark.<\/p>\n

After brief negotiation, Tony agreed to pay a generous amount to license my photo for the mural. I’ve now received full payment and the issue is resolved to our mutual satisfaction.<\/p>\n

Followers of Feathered Photography are aware of how frustrated and angry I become over issues of image theft. Thieves regularly steal my images, often assuming I’ll never discover the theft and when contacted, many of them flat-out lie about the circumstances of the theft. Most do it deliberately, assuming I’ll never discover what they’ve done. I’ve had to go through the time-consuming process of registering thousands of my photos with the US Copyright Office and occasionally I’ve even had to get an IP attorney involved. It’s a pain in the ass.<\/p>\n

So you can imagine how refreshing I found Tony’s approach to be. He made an honest mistake, owned up to it and rectified the situation in a timely and fair manner – voluntarily<\/span>. He gave me some hope for humanity again, for which I’m grateful.<\/p>\n

But there’s more to this story – a human-interest element that I thought my readers would enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Tony painted the mural this summer when he returned to South Bend, his hometown, for the funeral of his beloved grandmother. The Northern Cardinal on the right represents his grandmother who loved birds, photographed birds and had a “yard full of feeders”. My Horned Lark on the left represents Tony.<\/p>\n

The red Studebaker in the middle honors Tony’s still-living 96 year old grandfather who worked at the Studebaker factory in South Bend. There’s lots of other familial symbolism in the painting but I don’t know its meaning.<\/p>\n

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This is Tony with his grandfather in front of the Studebaker.<\/p>\n

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I love his grandfather’s Studebaker shirt and hat.<\/p>\n

As you can see, the mural is enormous. Tony told me that my Horned Lark is 16′ tall and I estimate the mural to be about 70′ long. Here’s a link to a short video<\/a><\/span><\/span> of Tony painting my Horned Lark. It’s the first time I’ve seen the process of painting a mural, especially when it includes one of my photos.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Tony. You’ve made me feel a little better about humanity. It isn’t a good feeling to always think the worst of your own species.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Below are Tony’s “thoughts on the wall”. Tony goes by Illsol.<\/em><\/p>\n

“The piece is titled: Resurrection<\/em><\/p>\n

– Artist – Illsol :<\/em>
\nThis piece is located in South Bend Indiana, and is a dedication to the city the artist grew up in, as well as his family, his grandparents Ed, and Rita Krol. The piece respresents the freedom that is found in looking at things in a new way. This piece has transformed plain blocks through the placement of colored pigrment as a testament to the ways that Art has changed the city of South Bend – a fresh outdoor mural movement is creating a renaissance of inspiration in a place that largely has suffered in the rust belt from closed industries of the past; such as the Studebaker manufacturing plants. A once thriving manufactering city is becoming once again a truly inspiring place through a focus on the Arts. The piece also represents transformation through the Arts – how creating art transcends suffering, there can be beauty found in the all aspects of creation, and the hope of the artists is that those who see the piece can find their own inspiration to create from their heart and share it with the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

Reference Images Licensed: Horned Lark 3892 : Ron Dudley featheredphotography.com\/blog”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Artist and gallery director Tony Krohl has restored some of my faith in humanity.\u00a0(5 photos and a link to a short video)<\/p>\n

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