The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust criticized New York gallerist Peter Danziger for offering AI-colorized editions of “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico” at an art fair. The Trust said Danziger did not notify it about his use of the photo and claimed the work exploited Adams’s name, reputation, and most iconic image. Danziger responded that he had the right to create a transformative artwork because the original black-and-white photograph is in the public domain. At The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, Danziger displayed an AI-generated image created from a prompt requesting a realistic color version of Adams’s “Moonrise Over Hernandez.” The image was printed in editions of 10 across three sizes for sale, with no disclosed sales figures or prices.
"The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust has lambasted New York City gallerist Peter Danziger for offering AI-colorizededitions of one of the late artist's most recognized photos for saleat an art fair last month. In a recent online statement, theTrust said Danziger never notified them of his use of the photo, adding that it "exploited Ansel's name, reputation, and his most iconic image.""
"Danziger, whose namesake gallery had a booth at The Photography Show presented by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) last April, exhibited an AI-generated image he fashioned using the following prompt: "Make a realistic color version of Ansel Adams' iconic 'Moonrise Over Hernandez.'" The untitled image was accompanied by a wall text disclosing the AI prompt and was displayed alongside new work by Hoda Afshar and Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, as well as pieces by Seydou Keïta, Matthew Porter, and Tod Papageorge."
"The gallerist pushed back against the Trust in a public statement yesterday, May 25, asserting that he "had every right to create a new and transformative artwork" because Adams's black-and-white photo, "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" (1941), was in the public domain. Danziger had the image printed in editions of 10 in three different sizes for sale at the fair."
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