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What Happens to Your Photos When You Die and What to Do About It Now
Fstoppers: “Most photographers spend years building an archive worth protecting, but very few have a plan for what happens to it after they die. Copyright, physical media, cloud accounts, and stock licensing don’t sort themselves out automatically, and without a plan, decades of work can vanish or get tied up in legal chaos. Coming to you from David Bergman with Adorama, this detailed video has Bergman walking through both the legal and practical sides of protecting your photographic archive after death.
Under US copyright law, you own the copyright to your images the moment you press the shutter, and that protection extends for your entire life plus 70 years. That means your archive is a genuine asset, one that could generate income for two generations of your family. The moment you sign that copyright away to a client, that long-term value disappears entirely, not just for you but for whoever inherits your estate.
Bergman uses the story of Vivian Maier, the Chicago street photographer whose archive ended up in a storage auction and triggered years of international legal battles, as a sharp example of what happens without a plan…”
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IMHO, the book “Original Sin” makes a wildly unsound case for the genetic roots of sin, vice
Wear in the World: And the bride wore white
This might sound remarkable to western ears, but in much of India, wearing white to your wedding was once unthinkable. Historically, white has been associated with mourning: a hue of widowhood rather than celebration. Traditionally, bridalwear leaned towards red, a colour symbolising prosperity and auspicious beginnings in Hindu customs. Some regional variations exist: brides from the state of Maharashtra often look to green, while in Kerala a white and gold sari drape particular to their customs has long been part of some wedding dress codes. But until recently, in most parts of India, wearing white, even as a guest, would have ensured the wedding was the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons.
Now, younger millennials and Gen Zs are putting their stamp on longstanding wedding traditions. For many, that starts with challenging traditional dress codes. Some brides are turning to shades of white for their reception looks — or even for the actual religious wedding ceremony.
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