Відео

There is a concept in copyright law called “for hire.” When an artist or photographer is commissioned or hired to create something, the copyright for the creation goes to the entity that commissioned the work, not to the artist or photographer who created it. We can't say with certainty if Lucia was paid to create the Bauhaus photographs, but she did the work at Gropius’ behest. As his subsequent actions show, because of the For-Hire copyright concept, Gropius felt he had a right to do whatever he wanted with the photographs and negatives that he and László later rescued from Lucia’s apartment when she had to flee Germany. I hope this puts an end to the speculation. The lack of respect for women’s work in the Western world, especially in Germany, reinforced Gropius' (and Moholy's) viewpoint. Gropius never considered the situation from Lucia’s point of view, as he should have.