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> Portrayal isn't replication Please explain the difference in the light of this thread.

• JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  Portrayal is artistic depiction. It’s plainly fiction. Paintings are the canonical portrait. Replication seeks to blur the line between fiction and non-fiction. We treat photos taken without permission differently from paintings because of that closeness to reality. Granted, part of the relevant debate is where is the line between these endeavours. But we clearly recognise it, even if it’s increasingly a social construct. (Note the severely emotional reaction some in this thread are having to your proposal. Likeness is a deeply personal element that realistic non-fictional depiction, versus artistic overtly fictional depiction, triggers.)