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Monkey Business (For Real)

Posted By pmelcher On December 3, 2009 @ 9:46 am In celebrity, focus, technology, copyright, web 2.0, corbis, slideshow, getty | 3 Comments

It said that if you give a typewriter to a monkey and a lot of time, eventually he will write a Shakespearean play. So what happens when you give a camera. Will you ever get a Cartier-Bresson book ? A 33 year old Orangutan named Nonja who lives in a zoo in Austria has been given a camera this Tuesday and has since been snapping happily.

“Nonja takes photographs with a Samsung ST1000 digital camera which connects directly to her Facebook album via wi-fi - when she presses the shutter button the photo is uploaded. The camera has a protective cover to protect against  chewing.” says [1] The Age.com. She  has already accumulated more than 2,000 fans since she has started her Facebook page this Tuesday.Every time she snaps a picture, she also gets a raisin, which is more than most human photographers get.

So what next? Will Getty make her sign an exclusive contract ( isn’t it what Getty thinks of its photographers already )? Or will Corbis buy the entire Zoo and merge it with Veer and announce, once again, that profitability is right around the corner? Will microstockers go up in arms in saying this is unfair competition and request raisins too ? Or will they also start chewing their cameras? Will PDN make a cover story on her and will Nikon endorse her? Will she start her own photo agency and slashes prices to one raisin per image ? Will Getty be able to follow such a price ?[2] Nonja Picture

Regardless, Nonja will keep on taking pictures and posting them on[3] facebook .


3 Comments To "Monkey Business (For Real)"

#1 Comment By Mick Shrimpton On December 4, 2009 @ December 4, 2009

Satire! Not enough of it around in our industry…

#2 Comment By cutcaster On December 11, 2009 @ December 11, 2009

Well played and very funny, Paul. It’s said that Nonja takes much better pics than me. hahaha

#3 Comment By cutcaster On December 11, 2009 @ December 11, 2009

It’s “sad” that Nonja takes much better pics than me and that I missed that typo. Hahaha.


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[1] The Age.com.: http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/snaphappy-orangutan-clic
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[2] Image: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=139090&id=190010092116
[3] facebook .: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Nonja/190010092116?ref=nf

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