John Galliano
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John Galliano, CBE, RDI, (born November 28 1960) is a British-Gibraltarian fashion designer.
William Klein controversy
[ William Klein ], who lives in France was paid in 2007, 200,000 euros ($271,800) in damage for unauthorized use of his atmospheric imagery in an advertising campaign by designer John Galliano. The lawsuit stated against the use of some of his half-painted photographs of street scenes in advertisements in several fashion magazines.
Klein's giant versions of contact sheets showing a series of photographs, painted over in colored enamel to highlight particular images, were a popular feature of a recent exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
The court of first instance in Paris said Klein's "painted contacts" were a hallmark of his work and Galliano's use of imagery was clearly illegal in the absence of authorization from the photographer.
