Why Won't We Call It Out? Photographers Who Steal, Copy, and Lie About Their Work
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Why Won't We Call It Out? Photographers Who Steal, Copy, and Lie About Their Work
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A local photographer tagged one of her own clients under my own advertising post. Another copied my entire website, word for word, then called it "an accident." Same person advertised her branding photography using stock images that weren't hers but advertised them to me. In this episode I go through exactly what happened, what it did to me mentally, and why the industry will happily drag AI for scraping images but goes silent the second the thief has a name and a face. We talk about the fear of being "that difficult photographer," why silence isn't the neutral option people think it is, and a practical framework for calling people out — locally or when they're bigger than you — without losing your mind or your reputation in the process.
If you've ever had your work copied, your pitch stolen, or your client poached under your own ad, this one's for you.