Five years ago Noam Galai uploaded a photograph of himself screaming onto Flickr. In a clothes shop six months later he discovered that same image on a t-shirt, and with no effort or intention it went on to become an iconic piece of art across the world — on street walls, corporate advertisements, magazines and more.
The Stolen Scream — how a self portrait travelled the world
Five years ago Noam Galai uploaded a photograph of himself screaming onto Flickr. In a clothes shop six months later he discovered that same image on a t-shirt, and with no effort or intention it went on to become an iconic piece of art across the world — on street walls, corporate advertisements, magazines and […]
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If I was this guy, I would be livid.
This is the downside of the New Internet Economy. People have always been stealing artists work and profiting from it – this just makes it easier for them.