
A google image search lists 35,350 images
of Alexander. It would seem unnecessary to stockpile them all here when
they are so easily available elsewhere. They range from the ridiculous
to the sublime. For more images than you want, Google Alexander The Great
on an image search; you will have all you could wish for. Originals,
not already on the web would be very welcome indeed.
This
one by Flagstaff photographer, C Zach Hidalgo is interesting. It is on
his photoblog. If you wanted to publish it you could contact him. I would
caution though to make certain he has a legal model's release as well
as his permission to publish. The model has rights as well.
I would think it safe to use any of the
ancient sculptures in museums as you wish but it would be wise to include
the name of the museum in which it is kept. Remember that the photograph
of the object is an intellectual property as well as the work of art
so the more generic the shot and lighting, the better. I generally put
the photo on Photoshop and change the lighting, the general color tones,
the background, and the proportions of the image to the point where no
one could say,"I took that picture."
Museums are now seeking to copyright
all images published of objects which they own. The Louvre is a leading
example of this and Bill Gates is going around the world buying up
rights to old masterpieces in order to keep others from using them (
very much like Microsoft, isn't it?)
Unless you are planning to use an image
commercially, you are rather safe. Using them here in a closed group
like AW should pose no problems whatsoever. If anyone has proprietorship,
they are required to contact you and ask you not to use their image before
initiating legal action. You can just take it down and the whole thing
is over and done with.
There is a lot of ungraceful greed in
the intellectual properties world just as in every other world and you
should use caution, but don't stop using images altogether. In general
you are rather safe here on AW, but remember that what we do here often
winds up on general search engines throughout the web. AW posts are all
over Google. When doing research, I often run into my own work in a search.
Sometimes it is even a help.