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DescriptionRingling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Gunther Gebel-Williams 1969.jpg
Publicity photo of animal trainer Gunther Gebel-Williams with several of his trained tigers, promoting him as "superstar" of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, circa 1969.
Date
Date stamp is May 2, 1969.
Source
eBay item photo front photo back
Author
It is unclear as to whether the press-materials were distributed by Gebel-William's personal publicity agency or by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey enterprises.
Permission (Reusing this file)
PD-PRE1978.
The photo has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the links above (also see original upload).
It was created for publicity purposes-distribution to the media. The image was meant to bring attention and publicity for the personalities pictured, the event he/she was part of, and the production producing/promoting it.
Film production expert Eve Light Honthaner in The Complete Film Production Handbook, (Focal Press, 2001 p. 211.):
"Publicity photos (star headshots) have traditionally not been copyrighted. Since they are disseminated to the public, they are generally considered public domain, and therefore clearance by the studio that produced them is not necessary."
"There is a vast body of photographs, including but not limited to publicity stills, that have no notice as to who may have created them." (The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook By Nancy E. Wolff, Allworth Communications, 2007, p. 55.)
Creative Clearance-Publicity photos
"Publicity Photos (star headshots) older publicity stills have usually not been copyrighted and since they have been disseminated to the public, they are generally considered public domain and therefore there is no necessity to clear them with the studio that produced them (if you can even determine who did)."
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12:14, 17 July 2012
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Color corrected.
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Crakkerjakk
Photo has been cropped to eliminate white border. Previous upload was to establish date of publication and that there are no copyright marks on the image.
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