Comments on: [News] You Break It, You Bought It

By: James Beltz

James Beltz — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:11:00 +0000

Eric did not break the statue. At least according to him. I interviewed him and the complete story – at least how Eric explains it – is listed here: http://www.phototips.biz/2012/04/photographer-breaks-300000-artwork-not.html Just like F-Stoppers, I read the original story in the New York Post. As usual, it appears the media got it wrong and posted without follow up.

By: Serhan Mehmet

Serhan Mehmet — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:17:00 +0000

At least he got a photo of how it used to look like before he smashed it to itty bitty pieces… Now lets try to archive that image for another 2700 years…. lol

By: Joseph Powell

Joseph Powell — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:36:00 +0000

Oh really? What if another article comes out stating the opposite? Then will THAT be true? Nobody is ever going to say “Oh, yeah…it was me” because human beings don’t seem to operate that way. But then, nobody should carry the blame until it’s proven. Unless, of course, you were standing there when it happened.

By: Tobias Chu

Tobias Chu — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:14:00 +0000

Might want to get your facts straight. Eric Guillemain wasn’t near the statue (or taking photos) when 2 people from Art+Auction magazine moved the statue and smashed it.

By: Tkae Mendez

Tkae Mendez — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:25:00 +0000

http://www.phototips.biz/2012/04/photographer-breaks-300000-artwork-not.html

By: Joseph Powell

Joseph Powell — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:21:00 +0000

Yeah…don’t think I’d touch it myself. I’d either shoot it where it is or have the owner or another responsible party move it.

By: Vince Smith

Vince Smith — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:17:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure I would have a curator there moving it so no parties collector,photographer,publisher is on the line in that case….guess we all learned a lesson on this one

By: RUSS

RUSS — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:05:00 +0000

A 2,630 year-old sculpture? Lasted that long, to be destroyed by a simple mistake…All the things it survived since it was made, and one mistake destroyed it 2,360 years later…Damn shame.

By: Corey Melton

Corey Melton — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:40:00 +0000

hahaha, for REAL!

By: StevenBarall

StevenBarall — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:07:00 +0000

That is why you hire a specialist. I shoot a fair amount of artworks and I never touch anything. I blame it on the magazine just as much as the photographer though because a big fancy art magazine is supposed to know better and hire a still life photographer and not just a trendy idiot fashion photographer.