When It came to school projects I used my images from free stock photography websites. I try to edit the images and incorporate them in collages and illustrations so it feels more like my own work rather than just using the image itself. Although I still always credit where I got the image from even if I edited it. An example of this Would be my Senior project, I used multiple images for components such as ad campaigns, website, and social media for the brand that I created. At the end of my project presentation I included a page where I had a list of sources for all the images and text that I used.
The Fairey copyright case was very hectic. In my own opinion I agree that while Fairey was using the image of Obama as reference, he is still responsible for creating that reference that he used. I learned in my illustration class that if you are not creating your own reference photos you should still cite the photo that you are using. Fairey did not do that, especially since the reference photo and the poster are the same pose and resemblance of Obama he should have given credit to the image that he used to create his own work.
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