Four question marks? 10muses!?
It's plagiarism if he got a "similar idea" after viewing that guys work.
But the simpler truth is, it fits a-pinks concept, and it's not an absurd setting. Its much more likely pure coincidence.
I dunno man. I think the idea that two photographers could coincidentally develop such a similar concept is highly unlikely.
The woodland setting; a group of women sitting side by side, all adopting the same pose, holding some sort of confectionery, all wearing red skirts, pink blouses (the design is literally identical in the case of Bomi and Namjoo), hair tied back with a ribbon. All these things add up to form a pretty specific picture.
Apink's creative team was, at the very least, heavily inspired by those Michal Pudelka photos. There isn't anything wrong with that necessarily but they really should have tried much harder to put their own spin on his ideas.
A Cube said:
We did not use the photos as references or worked with that same concept in mind. I think as we were trying to pursue a concept that Apink wanted, we coincidentally ended up with similar themes. The company will further discuss this issue and will release another statement soon.
That right there is some proper bullshit.