 Jessica Jenney |
Licensing my work I was approached by the president of a gallery (I checked him out) about licensing some my photos. He would like to have some of my photos to create oil paintings to sell at his gallery: "I am interested in licensing some of your photo's. We would make oil paintings and perhaps giclee prints of the oil paintings for commercial use. Please advise if your photography is available for this use." I've read a little about licensing, but I don't know what to do or how to go about it. Is this a good idea or not? Do I need a lawyer or agent?
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Jesse C. Plummer |
What he is meaning by licensing is what we typically call rights. I would limit the number of paintings he makes per image otherwise he would be making 200 paintings of one images and that, in the long run, would devalue each painting plus devalue your original image. Provided you do not give him exclusive rights, you could still use the picture for stock or whatever else. Just a few things to think about. How many paintings does he intend to make of each image? What is a giclee print? How many images is he interested in licensing?
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Jessica Jenney |
Thanks, Jesse! Very helpful imformation! I hadn't thought about how many paintings he wuld want to make! I wouldn't be giving exclusive rights! A Giclee print is a fine art print created with a type of digital fine-art print, most often associated with reproductions; a giclée is a multiple print or exact copy of an original work of art that was created by conventional means (painting, drawing, etc.) and then reproduced digitally, typically via inkjet printing.
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