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Hi Vernon, Im sorry to contact you through this route.. I notice a photo on Flickr of a Geisha Sayuri and I wanted to ask how I can get rights to paint this.. Can you please help as I need this for a project I am doing here in Spain.
Thanks
Teresa post@artstopper.com
I believe you are referring to the candid photo I took on my mobile phone ( http://flic.kr/p/4Xk77 ). I doubt that I have the rights to photograph a movie poster advertisement. If it is my permission that you need, you have it. If you prefer to track down a contact via the poster links at imdb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397535/posters then do so. My guess is that you would not need permission if you are painting a generic geisha pose like the one depicted in that poster. If you want to use the word "Sayuri" or the English title "Memoirs of a Geisha" then you probably do need permission from Sony Pictures. Hope that helps.