tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post8228172417633310938..comments2024-03-20T18:15:41.858+00:00Comments on Looting Matters: Photographic Archives and AntiquitiesDavid Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-10283352612475661272010-05-10T19:33:52.814+01:002010-05-10T19:33:52.814+01:00You are right David, Image Recognition software is...You are right David, Image Recognition software is there! It can very robustly recognize pictures of known paintings (stolen or not) on auction sites, or using a mobile phone or device in real antique stores. It is has been used by some police forces as well as insurance companies for 3-4 years now. For example see http://ltutech.com/clients/argos or or http://ltutech.com/en/clients/france-ocbc <br /><br />The problem for police forces: stolen art teams are overall not very well funded, and can not always acquire the software or hardware they need. ALR will probably end up acquiring these technologies too. <br /><br />All in all, it would be a great progress to generalize these tecnologies! It would make it so much harder to resell stolen art online...<br /><br />Disclaimer: I am the CEO of www.ltutech.com, and we make image recognition tech bricks (basically, the algorithms) to build such software.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635680809695218240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-61299612502120233112010-04-30T18:11:40.727+01:002010-04-30T18:11:40.727+01:00John
Image recognition software is here - and simi...John<br />Image recognition software is here - and similar to the feature you mention on iPhoto for faces.<br />I hope that auction-houses are not ignoring identifications. We await a statement from the Art Loss Register. I have been in touch with two of their staff this week but you will have to be patient.<br />Best wishes<br />DavidDavid Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-56052219220734653122010-04-30T16:16:07.188+01:002010-04-30T16:16:07.188+01:00How hard would it be to compare photos of objects ...How hard would it be to compare photos of objects that come on sale to these photos using image-recognition software?<br /><br />"Find photos like this" would at least be one way of looking for matches.<br /><br />iPhoto can find lots of faces, and surely there are comparable things for objects. The auction houses would do this.<br /><br />(I am assuming here that the auction houses are not simply ignoring what they know to be matches already.)John Muccigrossohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544834631983054987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-51641723843606660552010-04-30T13:39:49.606+01:002010-04-30T13:39:49.606+01:00Mark
You are assuming that (some of) the photograp...Mark<br />You are assuming that (some of) the photographs are not on the ALR.<br />Best wishes<br />DavidDavid Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-15480447287367446452010-04-30T13:21:33.271+01:002010-04-30T13:21:33.271+01:00Out of curiosity, why have the photographs not bee...Out of curiosity, why have the photographs not been released to the public, or even the Art Loss Register? Why not take a proactive approach as opposed to reactive each time one of the objects is set for auction? Is there fear that the objects will be driven "underground?" Whether or not that would happen is quite debatable.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14268115426121195818noreply@blogger.com