Unknown Photographer Filter: Please Help Me Find The Owner of This Picture
September 20, 2011 3:29 PM Subscribe
I'd like to use this photo on my website, but would like to get permission from its owner first.
I grabbed this photo off a website. There was no documentation about the picture, not even a photo name, so I cannot google it. I seriously doubt the photo came from the owner of the website I grabbed it from since it was one of several very diverse types of media on the site. Furthermore, I do not remember the site's name from which I took it.
I would like to make an earnest effort to contact the author before using the photo. If you have any ideas, please help. Thanks!
I grabbed this photo off a website. There was no documentation about the picture, not even a photo name, so I cannot google it. I seriously doubt the photo came from the owner of the website I grabbed it from since it was one of several very diverse types of media on the site. Furthermore, I do not remember the site's name from which I took it.
I would like to make an earnest effort to contact the author before using the photo. If you have any ideas, please help. Thanks!
Best answer: Tineye suggests its from a Russian photographer calling himeself Boji. Here's the google translated version of his gallery on a Russian photo sharing site.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 3:35 PM on September 20, 2011
posted by Admiral Haddock at 3:35 PM on September 20, 2011
Best answer: You can actually do a reverse image search using Google now.
Check it out!
(Not sure if this will help you find the author, but give take a look at the results)
posted by Funky Claude at 3:36 PM on September 20, 2011
Check it out!
(Not sure if this will help you find the author, but give take a look at the results)
posted by Funky Claude at 3:36 PM on September 20, 2011
Boris Solomatin. which is surely a joke as the real Solomatin is the former KGB Head of Anti-American Operations.
Or maybe not?
More info here and here.
posted by Ideefixe at 4:48 PM on September 20, 2011
Or maybe not?
More info here and here.
posted by Ideefixe at 4:48 PM on September 20, 2011
Response by poster: Sincere thanks to everyone who responded. I will look over these sites to see if I can find a link to Boji's email and contact him. I will also check out Tineye and Google's reverse search; I wasn't aware of either of these 2 tools and I appreciate your bringing them to my attention, Admiral Haddock and Funky Claude. Thanks again to everyone for your time in responding!
posted by konig at 9:36 PM on September 20, 2011
posted by konig at 9:36 PM on September 20, 2011
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posted by Inspector.Gadget at 3:34 PM on September 20, 2011