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Three grouped stained-glass windows at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Wheeling, West Virginia
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Many of the church's windows were produced by Tiffany Studio of New York, and others by the Lamb Studio of New Jersey. Left to right: The "Zorian Window" portrays the moments in St. Mark's Gospel when Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome ôbrought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. The picture above the center of the window represents Mary Magdalene kneeling before the risen Christ, as told in St. John's Gospel. The window was donated by the congregation in 1982 as a memorial to: John K. Zorian, the organist and choirmaster of St. Matthew's from 1949 to 1970. The "Licht Window" depicts the Pentecost, in the Christian liturgical year a feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus. The window was donated by Frances Licht as a memorial to her father, sister and mother: Fred Licht, Fern C. Hill, and Blanche C. Licht, respectively. The "Fawcett-Neudoerfer Window," whose top portion portrays the scene from the Upper Room with St. Thomas doubting Christ's Resurrection. The lower part of the lancet, or arched portion, illustrates how the risen Christ appearing to the disciples at Tiberias. The window was Alan and Jane Fawcett, in memory of Ivan Fawcett and Florence York Fawcett; and William T. and Katharine Lively in memory of John Louis Neudoerfer and Mary Varner Neudoerfer.
Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055).
Forms part of: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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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