EXIF and Beyond: Interview with the Creator of the Sarah Palin Bikini Gun Photo
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The 22nd episode of EXIF and Beyond has been released (duration 42 min. 59 sec.).
When political satire is made with a Photoshopped alteration of a photoraph and virally spread on the Internet is it individual commentary or copyright infringements? In the 2008 U.S. Presidential election no photo has spread faster than the Sarah Palin bikini and gun photo. The creator of this photograph is interviewed in this episode of EXIF and Beyond where we discuss this photo and contemporary cultural photographic & Internet trends.
Related Reading:
Is that a real photo of Sarah Palin holding a rifle and wearing a bikini? – FactCheck.org
Transcripts of this podcast can be found here in my previous An Interview with the Creator of the Sarah Palin Bikini Gun Photo
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EXIF and Beyond: Interview with the Creator of the Sarah Palin Bikini Gun Photo
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This girl is a idiot. I tried for 20 minutes to write more about this but thats all I can say. I’m disgusted that she votes.
Generally I really enjoy this podcast (and PhotoNetCast) but I think I want my 43 minutes back.
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@Bob thanks for the comment. While I don’t advocate her approach it is critical that photographers whether they can stomach it or not open their eyes to the reality and motivations of photographic use online. This is the 3rd in a trio of podcast episodes I’ve put together touching on this topic.
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1. EXIF and Beyond: Ken Light Interview Part I and II – shares his viewpoint on copyrights & his experience having his photo modified & used in the 2004 election.
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2. EXIF and Beyond: Lawrence Lessig Interview – shares his thoughts on Creative Commons and copyright reform
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3. Interview with the Creator of the Sarah Palin Bikini Gun Photo (this blog post)
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Understanding these various viewpoints is critical to survival as a photographer in a very dynamic and changing landscape. While you may want your 40 minutes back spending another 80 minutes to hear other perspectives on this issue should be informative and influential to how you approach marketing work online.
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[...] case with the “derivative” work of the Sarah Palin Bikini Gun photo. As discussed in my EXIF and Beyond podcast with the creator of the Sarah Palin Bikini Gun photo its propagation to the world began and exploded on Facebook before spreading like wildfire [...]