There’s a thin line between inspiration and full-on copying. Although music and movies are two of the most well-known forms of entertainment that suffer the most from copyright infringement, plagiarism is not so uncommon in the art world as well.
Recently, a famous photographer Jingna Zhang, better known as “zemotion,” suffered copyright infringement and posted about it on Twitter. The woman posted a tweet saying that some artist ripped off her photograph from a cover shoot for Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam to make his oil pointing. The unoriginal painting also won a cash prize and was exhibited at Luxembourg’s Strassen Stroossen Culture Center.
The photographer posted a series of tweets explaining the entire situation. The oil painting by artist Jeff Dieschburg is almost identical to zemotion’s photograph. In addition, it appears that it was not the first time artist full-on plagiarised someone’s work. Below you’ll find the series of tweets that Jingna Zhang has posted and some spot-on reactions from Twitter users.
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Jingna Zhang, in the photography world better known as “zemotion,” recently had her work blatantly copied and raised this issue on Twitter
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The artist Jeff Dieschburg made an oil painting that looked almost identical to zemotion’s photograph from a cover shoot she did in 2017
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Artist’s unoriginal work was featured in an exhibition and also won a cash prize
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The photographer also shared screenshots of the artist’s very peculiar understanding of where the line between inspiration and copying lies
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Turns out, this wasn’t the first time that the artist has copied someone’s work with only little alterations
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Luxembourg art student even hired a lawyer
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The unoriginal work is priced at €6,500
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Zhang’s photo from a cover shoot has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam and is widely recognized
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Twitter users also went ahead and voiced their reactions to the plagiarism of Zhang’s photo
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