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Façade detail at the Cathedral of St. Augustine in Tucson, Arizona
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The mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson was rebuilt from earlier interations in 1897. The original plans called for a Gothic structure, but the spires were never completed. In 1928 the brick structure was transformed into its present (as of 2018) Mexican baroque form, including the cast stone facade, which was inspired by the Cathedral of Queretaro, Mexico. A restoration project, which entirely demolished and rebuilt the cathedral with the exception of its facade and towers, coincided with the centenary anniversary of the completion of the original church. It was initiated in 1966 and completed two years later.
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Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112)
Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
In 2015, documentary photographer Carol Highsmith received a letter from Getty Images accusing her of copyright infringement for featuring one of her own photographs on her own website. It demanded payment of $120. This was how Highsmith came to learn that stock photo agencies Getty and Alamy had been sending similar threat letters and charging fees to users of her images, which she had donated to the Library of Congress for use by the general public at no charge. In 2016, Highsmith has filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against both Alamy and Getty stating “gross misuse” of 18,755 of her photographs. “The defendants [Getty Images] have apparently misappropriated Ms. Highsmith’s generous gift to the American people,” the complaint reads. “[They] are not only unlawfully charging licensing fees … but are falsely and fraudulently holding themselves out as the exclusive copyright owner.” According to the lawsuit, Getty and Alamy, on their websites, have been selling licenses for thousands of Highsmith’s photographs, many without her name attached to them and stamped with “false watermarks.” (more: http://hyperallergic.com/314079/photographer-files-1-billion-suit-against-getty-for-licensing-her-public-domain-images/)
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