: Re: If I write a scene almost exactly like in someone's photograph, would it be plagiarism? I have a story which has a scene inspired by a photograph. When I saw that picture, I liked the fact

@Phylliss352

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No and thank goodness it isn't. If it were possible for some artist to contend that authors had plagiarized her painting of a sunrise over the mountains the courts would be (even more) full of litigation and few books would be written in fear of this kind of problem.
It would be impossible to prove if your description came from memory or from the painting or photo or whatever.
Also, how would the original artist lose anything to your representation in a completely different media anyways.
Another example of this not occurring is where authors have taken direct inspiration from a painting for a book such as The Girl With One Pearl Earring by Vermeer
It was also made into a movie: Girl With One Pearl Earring - movie
Thank goodness artistic freedom still exists through interpretation and imagination.

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