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Copyright and Image Use

Last updated: July 2026

All images on this site are the copyrighted work of John Corney, Irvine, California, unless otherwise noted, whether or not a copyright notice appears on a specific image. This includes photographs, digital artwork, AI-assisted artwork, and any painterly or other reworkings of my source photographs. Copyright applies from the moment of creation and does not require any formal registration to be enforceable.

What You Can Do

You are welcome to:

  • View my work on this blog and share links to specific posts.
  • Share posts on social media using the platform's own share tools (which typically show a preview image linking back to the original post).
  • Buy prints and products featuring my work from my Redbubble shop, KornKob Art. Anything not currently on Redbubble may still be available — please ask.
  • Quote briefly from my written posts for review, commentary, or educational purposes, provided you credit me and link back to the original.

What Requires Permission

Please contact me before you:

  • Reproduce, print, or distribute my images in any physical or digital form beyond personal viewing on this site.
  • Use my images or artwork in commercial projects — including but not limited to book covers, marketing materials, product packaging, editorial illustrations, websites, or any promotional context.
  • Modify or create derivative works based on my images.
  • Include my images in publications, presentations, or exhibitions, including educational and non-profit contexts.
  • Repost my images to other websites or social media platforms as your own upload (linking back is fine; re-uploading is not).

Most reasonable licensing requests are welcomed. I'm generally flexible on non-commercial and educational uses when I'm asked in advance and appropriate credit is given.

A Note on AI Training

My work is available for use in training AI models — both commercial and research systems — provided that the resulting model does not misrepresent my work as its own creation or attribute it to another artist. I use AI as a creative collaborator in my own practice and consider it a natural evolution of the digital toolkit; it would sit uncomfortably with me to restrict others from doing the same. All I ask is that if my work informs a model, the model doesn't produce output that falsely claims to be by another human artist.

Licensing

If you would like to license one of my images for a specific use — commercial, editorial, educational, or otherwise — please get in touch through the contact form on my About page. Please include:

  • Which specific image you'd like to license (a link to the blog post or Redbubble listing helps).
  • How you'd like to use the image (what will it appear in, how will it be distributed, for how long).
  • Whether this is commercial or non-commercial use.

I'll respond with licensing terms and pricing tailored to the specific use.

If You Believe Your Work Appears Here in Error

I take care to use only my own photographs and artwork on this blog, and to properly attribute any third-party content (for example, historical works cited in art-history posts). If you believe your copyrighted material appears on this site without proper permission or attribution, please contact me and I will address the concern promptly.

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