Comments on: Gregory Colbert, on behalf of the elephants

By: Achromatic Ashes and Snow and Critical Nature Bank « Hic Sunt Dracones

Achromatic Ashes and Snow and Critical Nature Bank « Hic Sunt Dracones — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:06:20 +0000

[...] Ethan Zuckerman’s musings on Africa, international development and hacking the media: Gregory Colbert, on behalf of the elephants. [...]

By: ModelingForChange.com

ModelingForChange.com — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:00:03 +0000

Here’s an interesting article on this topic:
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2006/03/should_advertis.html

By: designverb

designverb — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:24:45 +0000

[...] I had the wonderful opportunity to hear Gregory Colbert speak at the TED conference where he made an extremely rare public appearance talking about his photographic journey and exhibition “Ashes and Snow”. He also spoke about his controversial initiative to start the “Animal Copyright Foundation”, which will aim to collect 1 percent of royalties from companies using images of animals in their ads and distribute these funds to conservation projects around the world, which could become the largest environmental fund in the world. He suggests we should renegotiate our contract with nature. It is common practice to compensate people for fair use of their images in advertising but this has not been the case for nature and animals. I think this is a brilliant foundation to give back to nature and help keep it sustainable. There’s not much online about this foundation, but lookout for it soon. more via ethanzuckerman [...]

By: Ethan

Ethan — Mon, 01 May 2006 14:03:39 +0000

It’s a good point, Ellen. I’m constrained by the fact that I’m reporting on a speech and didn’t have the opportunity to ask the speaker any questions. Like you, I’m fascinated and a little disturbed and have lots of unanswered questions about the safety of the animals and people involved.

By: ellen mullally

ellen mullally — Mon, 01 May 2006 02:06:46 +0000

Why not explain for those few of us in the audience who are (although, like the rest of the audience, obviously amazed by the beauty of the exhibition) concerned about the saftey of the animals and the fair renumeration for the models?
I want to love it, but need my social conscience at ease in order to fully appreciate it.
I was relieved Mr. COlbert modeled himself in the most dangerous and moving images of the exhibit.
Those I went to the exhibit with, think I am off mark, and that it is just about the beauty, and the relationship between sensient animals and primitive wise humans.
I want to enjoy it as they did. Particularly after the tsunami, I find the elephants playing with humans in the mud a bit disturbing, albeit amazingly beautiful.

By: Bettie Miner

Bettie Miner — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:29:38 +0000

I just saw Colbert’s “Ashes & Snow” and thought it was amazing. It shows that if we respect other creatures and treat them as equals, they will accept us and allow us to be their friends. It was an honest and heartfelt portrayal of the world that most of only dream about sharing with these magnificent creatures. Those who criticize are just jealous that they weren’t there and couldn’t share those moments.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:54:13 +0000

I saw the films and photographs recently. I wonder if the animals were trained in some way. Those birds just don’t fly around dancers for fun and leopards don’t normally sit still for humans or anything else. Just a thought about the honesty of the show.

By: luisa

luisa — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:39:43 +0000

So, if Donna Karan and other high-rollers are paying Colbert from $60,000 to $350,000USD for a photograph, how much has Colbert “paid” the animals that have appeared in his work? Does he get informed consent and release waivers from his subjects? When, exactly, is this Animal Copyright Foundation going to come online?

By: La conoscenza libera » Copyright para los animales. Qué???

La conoscenza libera » Copyright para los animales. Qué??? — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:42:51 +0000

[...] copyright que no se paga a todos los animales. Más en http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=420 Trackback· [...]

By: Blog Interiuris - Andy Ramos » eDonkey… próximamente

Blog Interiuris - Andy Ramos » eDonkey… próximamente — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:43:56 +0000

[...] Entre chorradas varias como la de que una persona pretende que se le reconozcan a los animales derechos sobre su interpretación en las series, anuncios y película, acabo de leer aquí que MetaMachine, la empresa que está detrás de eDonkey, tiene previsto sacar una nueva versión de su software que cumpla con las exigencias del caso Grokster. Haciendo un poco de memoria, el Tribunal Supremo de EE.UU. dijo en el caso Grokster que aquellos que pusiesen en circulación programas que se utilizasen fundamentalmente para infringir los derechos de autor eran responsables subsidiarios de dicha infracción. Ante esta decisión, casi todas las redes p2p se han apresurado para no ser demandados por la RIAA o la MPAA, y entre ellas está eDonkey. [...]