新加坡攝影師買 Stock Photo，放自己 IG 呃追隨者被揭發

文：Nic

外國不少攝影師會將自己作品放到 Facebook、Instagram 等社交媒體，以提高知名度增加生意，不過新加坡有網紅懷疑為吸引更多追隨者，在網上的 Stock Photo 下載照片到自己的 IG 上，最終被一間新聞網站揭發事件。

來自新加坡的 Daryl Aiden Yow 是當地一位知名網紅，其 IG 擁有逾 10.4 萬名粉絲，不少大型國際品牌例如 Sony 、 UNIQLO 等亦有與他合作。

然而，新聞網站 Mothership 發現 Yow 所發佈的圖片有些奇怪事情，經過仔細研究後，懷疑一些照片實際來自 Shutterstock 等網上圖庫，而 Yow 沒有在照片上加任何字眼，使人以為這些照片都是他拍攝的作品。

Mothership 在 Yow 的 IG 中，找出 10 多幅照片作比較，雖然一些照片的顏色及對比度稍有改變，亦有部分「拍攝」到 Yow 在照片中，但仍可以證明它們是由網上圖庫購買，而 Yow 亦承認這個事實。

被揭發事件後， Yow 將所有的照片由賬戶中刪除，並上載一幅黑色圖片及一個長長的道歉文字。他表示，承擔行為產生的一切後果及全部責任，又稱錯誤地以圖庫的影像及其他人的作品成為自己所用，而且錯誤使用字句誤導追隨者，作出深切歉意。

作為一名「攝影師」而做如此行為， Yow 對那些相信自己的人感到失望作出道歉；他又暗示，曾經有朋友對他作出勸告，但自己卻沒有理會。

Hi everyone, I didn’t intend to release any statement regarding recent events, largely because I did not know how I could accurately express how sorry I am. But seeing how people are now making baseless and false allegations against those close to me—simply by mere association-- I have decided to confront the facts instead of leaving them subject to speculation. I did not want to let any more people down. The outrage regarding how I have conducted myself is justified and I accept full responsibility for my actions and all consequences that arise from those actions. I was wrong to have claimed that stock images and other people’s work were my own. I was also wrong to have used false captions that misled my followers and those who viewed my images. Having marketed myself as a photographer, I fell far short of what was expected of me and disappointed those who believed—or wanted to believe— in me. For all of that, I apologise. Those close to me disagree with my actions and have asked, whenever they felt that something was not right about my images, that I stop my actions immediately. I did not take their advice seriously and would give reasons that I thought would assuage any concerns they had over those images—just enough so that we would move on to other issues. I let them down with my actions. I would also like to take the opportunity to clear the air. The end-products of my collaborations with my friends remained honest and fair. Whatever my shortcomings were, I did not bring them to my collaborations. That would not have been fair to those who collaborated with me, and they would not have allowed such practices to be carried out in any event. These people are hard-working professionals and I was hurt to see people make baseless allegations or insinuations against them or question their integrity. They should not be hounded for my errors. To that end, I hope that these baseless allegations or insinuations would stop. I know I have erred and hope that I will be given the time and space to grow and better myself. For those who have stood by me, I would like to thank you and hope that I will be able to earn such kindness in the future.

Daryl Aiden Yow（@darylaiden）分享的貼文於 PDT 2018 年 6月月 21 日上午 12:24 張貼