Photographer Sues City for Calling Her Work ‘Gothic’
We can think of a lot of worse things to call a photograph than “gothic,” but that label was enough to really tick off the owner of a Kansas photo studio.
Bates-Lamborn finds the term misleading and defamatory. “That’s scary to most people,” she said. “Gothic, to me, means dark and moody. That’s branding a photographer.”
She wants at least $75,000 and punitive damages from the city.
And now it’s time for You Be the Judge. Here’s a representative image — a school photo shoot at Leavenworth High — from First City Photo’s Facebook page:
Here’s a current image — of Councilman Kerry Brungardt — from the City of Lansing site:
And here’s the first Creative Commons image that comes up when I do a Flickr search on “gothic.” (Warning: Replicate said search at your own risk.)
(via Kansas City Star)
Image credits: Photographs by Rama, First City Photo, City of Lansing, Duccio Bartolozzi