His imagePseudomnesia | The Electricianis a black and white portrait of two women from different generations.
Calling himself a cheeky monkey, Eldagsen had actually entered an AI-generated image into the contest.
On My Modern Met, we publish that information in full.
“Pseudomnesia | The Electrician” (Photo: Boris Eldagsen)
Oftentimes, the information includes stories of how the work was created or the meaning behind the image.
The statement provided with Eldagsen’s photo simply read, From the seriesPseudomnesia, with no mention of AI.
He haspublished his exchangewith the organizers on his website.
How does AI imagery fit into the world of photography?
Photo contests need to create a new category for AI photography, he tells My Modern Met.
That’s easy to do.
There are RAW files and a multitude of technical possibilities to do that.
Just look at the World Press Photo Award.
Now the debate is on, and I’m very happy about that.
