A post shared by Paulina Porizkova (@paulinaporizkov)“I did use an unauthorized photo- even if it was carrying on the message I thought the photographer was trying to make – that war is evil.
And boy, did that turn out to be an expensive mistake!” she admitted.The 58-year-old warned her followers they “may want to unfollow” her since she plans to be sticking to pictures of herself going forward.“For those of you who don’t mind- thank you for taking this journey called life with me.
I’m so very grateful for you! #betweenjloandbettywhite #gettingsuedisexpensive,” she concluded. “Yes, this is what I look like in the morning.”Porizkova’s post sparked commentary from other professional photographers.“That’s ridiculous.
I’m a photographer and… I would never stoop to suing someone for using one [a photo] without my permission,” one user commented.However, another agreed with the lawsuit, saying, “If we are talking about photographs of Ukraine in wartime, then that would be a photojournalist who is risking their life to go take those pictures.“Photographers do not and should not work for free.
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