dinsdag, april 20, 2004
A decade-long fight over a collection of critically acclaimed photographs of 1950s steam locomotives came to an end yesterday in a Dutchess County courtroom.
Conchita Link Hayes, 68, the former wife of the late photographer O. Winston Link, was sentenced to up to three years in prison for her part in trying to sell stolen copies of her late ex-husband's photos. Her new husband, 64-year-old Edward Hayes, drew a one-year jail term. The couple acknowledged they had no legal right to the 30 prints of majestic steam engines, worth an estimated $350,000, that Link took during trips to Virginia and West Virginia in the mid- to late 1950s.
The stark, black-and-white images — most of them shot at night, illuminated by dozens of flashbulbs housed on elaborate scaffolding — gained Link considerable fame in the twilight of his career in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Link's photos have been hailed by art critics and historians as nostalgic looks at a vanishing piece of the American landscape.
Conchita Link Hayes, 68, the former wife of the late photographer O. Winston Link, was sentenced to up to three years in prison for her part in trying to sell stolen copies of her late ex-husband's photos. Her new husband, 64-year-old Edward Hayes, drew a one-year jail term. The couple acknowledged they had no legal right to the 30 prints of majestic steam engines, worth an estimated $350,000, that Link took during trips to Virginia and West Virginia in the mid- to late 1950s.
The stark, black-and-white images — most of them shot at night, illuminated by dozens of flashbulbs housed on elaborate scaffolding — gained Link considerable fame in the twilight of his career in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Link's photos have been hailed by art critics and historians as nostalgic looks at a vanishing piece of the American landscape.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 23:20
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