In recent years, there have been frequent incidents of counterfeiting and plagiarism in the field of photography, and some works of counterfeiting and plagiarism have even won awards repeatedly. After being exposed, they caused a "sensational effect" in society. For example, the pigeons in the award-winning work Pigeons Vaccinated with Avian Influenza in the Square in 2008 were shot by PS, and the photographic work Ten Difficulties in the Life of Tibetan Antelopes-Railway Pass, which was selected as one of the top ten news photos of CCTV in 2006, was also a fake photo taken by PS.
With the exposure of these fake and plagiarized works, counterfeiters and plagiarists have also been nailed to the shame column. The titles of "Wang Yuncai, Liu Lingyang and Zhang Gezi" are the best "rewards" given by netizens to counterfeiters and plagiarists. Sang Yuzhu, winner of the 8th China Photography Award, was named "Sang Piao Piao Piao". Undoubtedly, this is a shame for those who are engaged in artistic creation!
Nowadays, there are more and more counterfeiters in the field of photography, and the means are becoming more and more clear, and the benefits obtained are constantly "appreciating". It should be said that these photographers repeatedly PS or copy photos, on the one hand, because of the temptation of interests, on the other hand, because of the reduction of social judgment standards and people's moral standards, the bottom line has become online, and normal has become abnormal. Some people who are immersed in creation are unknown, while some opportunists are often rich and famous. They don't have to pay too much labor, they just need to cut and paste the fruits of others' labor, take them for themselves immediately, and even get material and spiritual rewards. This has stimulated some people with ulterior motives to regard counterfeiting and plagiarism as creations and even as their own "majors." For artists, this is shameful. For artistic creation, it is very sad.
Although counterfeiting and plagiarism are despised, counterfeiters and plagiarists do not agree. The "punishment" for counterfeiters and plagiarists is only disqualification, refusal to issue or recover the remuneration or bonus, and nothing more. For counterfeiters and plagiarists, it is almost unscathed, which contributes to the spread and prevalence of fraud and plagiarism.
Forgery and plagiarism are like gambling without gambling books. If you succeed, you can make a lot of money. Without success, there is no loss, which undoubtedly encourages counterfeiters and plagiarists. It seems that we must take more severe punishment measures for artistic fraud and plagiarism, so that counterfeiters and plagiarists can pay a higher price in order to play a role in vigilance and punishment. On August 10, the plagiarism of the gold medal work "Tomorrow's Reality" in the 23rd National Photography Art Exhibition made new progress. The original author of the unknown photo found by Chen Lianjun in the library has appeared. He is Ji Guo, member of China Photographers Association and vice chairman of Chengdu Photographers Association. "Unknown photo" was taken by Ji Guo in Longchi, Dujiangyan in the winter of 1997.
"The first teacher Wang Jianjun, a famous photographer in Sichuan, told me when he attended the film festival in Zhuhai that the gold medal works were copied from me." Ji Guo, who is 50 years old, began to take photos in the late 1980s. "Originally this year's exhibition, my friends also asked me to vote for a few works. I didn't go, but I didn't expect to' win' inexplicably in the end. " Yesterday afternoon, Fu Zhenqing, a reporter from Huaxi Daily, saw photos and negatives suspected of "plagiarism" in the company. The photo is hazy with white fog. On the calm water covered by fog, dozens of dead trees stand quietly. The comparison photos on the Internet are exactly the same as the nameless photos found by Chen Lianjun in the gallery. Fu Zhenqing said that Ji Guo took a group of *** 100 photos in the same place.
Ji Guo said that the photo was taken in "Longchi" in Dujiangyan, which is a scenic spot of high mountains and lakes. 1997 One morning in February, it was very cold. He went to Dujiangyan Longchi to take pictures alone. "I didn't photograph those dead trees at first." Ji Guo said that after 8 o'clock in the morning, the fog in Longchi was very heavy. On the way to the original shooting location, he found dead wood in the water. "Under the dense fog, those dead trees stand quietly in the water, and I feel very artistic." Ji Guo quickly raised his camera, and from 8 o'clock, he kept shooting until 10, when the fog completely dispersed. "Although it has been 10 years, I always remember that day. It's very cold. I used a Pentax 67 medium format camera and a 50-degree professional reverse film from Fuji Villavia. " Soon after Ji Guo took this set of photos, all the dead trees were cut down. "No one should take the same photos again.
The original photos have been sent to the investigation team.
Ji Guo said that after taking back the photos, he chose the best ones and included them in his photo collection. The rest of the photos are commercial photos, and the copyright was sold to a famous photo company in Beijing, including the photo suspected of' plagiarism'.
According to Ji Guo, after the gold medal was caught in the plagiarism, the investigation team of China Photographers Association called him twice to verify the investigation. Today, according to the requirements of the investigation team, he will send the original CD of the photo by express delivery. When his photos were suspected of "plagiarism", Ji Guo felt very angry, and at the same time he felt very helpless about the current domestic photography environment. When the reporter asked him what measures he would take once his work was confirmed to be plagiarized, he said that he had been studying with his legal adviser what measures should be taken to protect his rights and interests.