Daryl Aiden Yow
Daryl Aiden Yow is a Singapore-based Instagram influencer and photographer who has worked with brands such as Sony, Oppo and Uniqlo.[1] Yow became known on social media as style influencer Andrea Chong's Instagram photographer since 2015. He has accrued more than 100,000 followers on Instagram as of June 2018.[2]
Yow gained widespread media attention in June 2018 after Singapore-based news site Mothership.sg published a story which highlighted that numerous images on his Instagram account and personal website contained edited or composited photos made from stock images, or from images found on sites such as Pinterest and Reddit.[3][4] In response to the allegations of plagiarism, Yow claimed that the image rights have been purchased and that his commercial clients were aware that stock images were used in the collaborative social media posts. He also defended the captions on his Instagram posts, saying he had never claimed that they "were taken live at the scene depicted".[5][6] Sony Singapore and Uniqlo have declined to comment on whether they were aware of the stock image usage.[5][7]
Subsequent to the widespread circulation of the story, Yow removed all images from his instagram feed and issued a statement in which he apologised for making use of others' photographs and misleading his followers with false captions.[8][9] He maintained that the "end-products" of his collaborations with his friends "remained honest and fair".[5]
References
- ^ "Instagram star Daryl Aiden Yow used stock image photos". BBC.com. Bbc. 22 June 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Wee-Slater, Marianne (13 October 2016). "Get your Instagram game on point: Tips from fashion influencer Andrea Chong and photographer BFF". Today. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Lee, Joshua; Goh, Wei Choon; Wee, Jiahui; Ng, Rachel (20 June 2018). "S'pore photographer Daryl Aiden Yow's pics are so lovely, they look stunningly like other people's work". Mothership.sg. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Tan, Jeanette (20 June 2018). "People are now critiquing Daryl Aiden Yow's photo editing skills & adding sources for his images". Mothership.sg.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b c Liew, Isabelle; Ng, Charmaine (21 June 2018). "Singapore photographer Daryl Aiden Yow sorry for passing off stock images as his own on Instagram". The Straits Times.
- ^ Wong, Joelynn (20 June 2018). "Influencer Daryl Aiden Yow Admits Paying For Stock Images To Create Composite Photos". Must Share News. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ Tay, Vivienne (22 June 2018). "Sony Singapore and Uniqlo issue statements over Daryl Aiden Yow saga". Marketing Interactive.
- ^ "Daryl Aiden Yao Statement Saga". Mothership.sg. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ Smith, Nicola (22 June 2018). "Singapore Instagram star apologizes". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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