Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mask of Sorrow

Mask of Sorrow[edit]

Original

Reason: Startling image, impressive composition, a great deal of history connected to the reasons for the monument, no glaring technical errors and seems to fulfill all the criteria.
Proposed caption: The Mask of Sorrow is a monument located in Magadan, Russia built as a tribute to the prisoners of the Soviet Union who died in the Soviet Gulags. The monument was designed by famed sculptor Ernst Neizvestny whose parents died during the Great Purge orchestrated by Josef Stalin.
Articles this image appears in: Mask of Sorrow, Kolyma, Soviet political repressions, Dalstroy, Sevvostlag, History of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Creator: User:Jnd02

Support as nominator –– Lid^(Talk) 10:29, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The photo is a derivative work of the sculpture. The sculptor appears to be still living; in any case, the sculpture dates to 1996: it is copyrighted. Do we have the sculptor's consent to publish this image under a free license? Lupo 12:25, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not promoted

Copyright violation. See commons:COM:FOP#Commonwealth of Independent States, which states that photos of statues and sculptures may only be used for non-commercial purposes if such sculpture is the main subject of the photo. I've listed this image on WP:PUI. MER-C 12:47, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]