The galleries were not named as parties in the lawsuit. Torres also improperly authorized the public display of her art featuring Afanador's photo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and other art galleries. Ruvén Afanador’s 2009 photograph titled 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg':Īn example of Julie Torres's works, titled 'All I Ask':Īccording to Creative, Torres explicitly omitted Afanador's name and copyright information, and refused to acknowledge or credit the photographer. Torres allegedly sold her works (for up to $12,000 per work) without first obtaining a license to use Afanador's protected photograph. Creative says Torres produced screen prints, mixed media works, and limited addition prints of a copyrighted photograph of Justice Ginsburg taken by Alfanador in 2009.

sued Torres in November 2021 for her alleged unlicensed use of Ruvén Afanador’s 2009 photo of late U.S. Just this week, an Atlanta federal judge tossed a photography agency’s copyright infringement action against Georgia artist Julie Torres for her use of a photograph of late Justice Ginsburg, holding the agency does not have standing to sue.Ĭreative Photographers Inc. As does legal controversy that surrounds that art and its reproduction.

But, what can only be described as the art world’s obsession with using RBG as its muse, lives on. The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a/k/a the “Notorious RBG,” died in September 2020.

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