# Copyright question- using someone's photo for your art

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 21, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-question-using-someones-photo-for-your-art/396859 "2007-03-21T14:18:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-question-using-someones-photo-for-your-art/396859/21 "2007-03-24T01:53:03Z")

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Ah. To add fuel to the fire.  
[Walker Evans, “Hale County, Alabama”, 1936.](http://www.masters-of-photography.com/E/evans/evans_hale_county_full.html)  
[Sherry Levine, “After Walker Evans, No. 2”, 1981.](http://www.temple.edu/photo/photographers/spring03/photographers/heatherduffy/levine/levinepics/pages/evans_levinepic2.html)  
Discuss.

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