The Illusion of More

Photography, Art & Copyright with Eric O'Connell

Episode Summary

In this episode, I talk to art and commercial photographer Eric O'Connell, who is also an associate professor of practice at Northern Arizona University. We talk about his work, about photography in general, his students, and of course copyright. O'Connell's photo recently won the Off the Clock 2021 Best in Show from American Photographic Artists (APA). Read interview here: https://apanational.org/inspiration/entry/off-the-clock-2021-best-in-show-winner-eric-oconnell Visit Eric's website: https://www.ericoconnell.com/

Episode Notes

O'Connell's photo recently won the Off the Clock 2021 Best in Show from American Photographic Artists (APA).  Read interview here.

Visit Eric O'Connell's website.

Contents

• 2:06 – How do you describe or think about your work?
• 4:37 – Visual anthropology
• 6:25 – German Cowboys Series
• 8:50 – Native Americans & Heavy Metal series
• 12:28 – Reactions to the German Cowboys
• 16:44 – Pandemic (parents) series
• 25:12 – How has commercial work changed?
• 30:06 – Conversations with students about rights to their work.
• 32:46 – Richard Prince Instagram Show
• 34:59 – What is a derivative work of a photograph?
• 38:07 – How much do you follow rights issues?
• 41:25 – Lars was right.
• 42:53 – Do your students intent to become professionals?
• 45:49 – The work that goes into photographs
• 53:02 – Authorship in photography