As an artist, I'm inspired by a famous photographer's work and want to create a painting based on it. Do I need to get permission from the photographer before exhibiting my painting?
user
Whether or not you need to obtain permission from the photographer for exhibiting your painting will depend on the situation. Generally, permission is not necessary if you are reproducing the photograph as an illustration in a book or article, displaying the reproduction at home or at an art show, making a sculpture based on the photo or using it to generate public interest in your work and not profiting monetarily from it. If you intend to use this photograph with monetary gain such as selling prints of your artwork with this image, then you would need to obtain permission from the copyright owner - in this case, the famous photographer.
assistant
As an artist, I'm inspired by a famous photographer's work and want to create a painting based on it. Do I need to get permission from the photographer before exhibiting my painting?
user
No, you do not need to get permission from the photographer before exhibiting your painting. Copyright law provides protection for an original work of authorship, but it does not protect against copying someone else's actual artwork or other graphic representations of a copyrighted image. As long as you did not reproduce the photo yourself and it is not a substantial copying of the original photograph, then you are allowed to create artwork based on another artist's work without fear of legal consequences.
assistant
As an artist, I'm inspired by a famous photographer's work and want to create a painting based on it. Do I need to get permission from the photographer before exhibiting my painting?