Documenting Artwork - Ownership Issue

[curtis Cunningham]

PART 1
I was contacted today by an artist who currently has an exhibition at our local gallery. She would like me to document the pieces she has on display (a variety of mixed-media - paint, pottery pieces etc - collages I guess you could say).

After we discussed a few details, she asked, "so who would own the digital images?" I didn't have an answer for her which is why I'm posting this here.

What do I do in a situation like this, where I'm photographing someone else's artwork? Do I license the digital images to her for the specific uses she mentioned? Or do I just charge for my time? What's the general consensus?

Part 2
She wants two things from whatever I would produce. She wants physical slides made up for her own portfolio/documentation purposes, as well as digital images suitable for her website and for various other exhibition applications she plans on making. Depending on the answers to the pricing issues raised in Part 1, how would you suggest I go about pricing for these different uses?

[bondarnes]

Originally Posted by curtis Cunningham

PART 1
I was contacted today by an artist who currently has an exhibition at our local gallery. She would like me to document the pieces she has on display (a variety of mixed-media - paint, pottery pieces etc - collages I guess you could say).

After we discussed a few details, she asked, "so who would own the digital images?" I didn't have an answer for her which is why I'm posting this here.

What do I do in a situation like this, where I'm photographing someone else's artwork? Do I license the digital images to her for the specific uses she mentioned? Or do I just charge for my time? What's the general consensus?

Part 2
She wants two things from whatever I would produce. She wants physical slides made up for her own portfolio/documentation purposes, as well as digital images suitable for her website and for various other exhibition applications she plans on making. Depending on the answers to the pricing issues raised in Part 1, how would you suggest I go about pricing for these different uses?

Since you are photographing artwork that in and of itself is already copyrighted, you should only charge for your time and materials.

[curtis Cunningham]

Thank you Don.