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03F // Retro Verseau by Helmut Newton, Outlier Attempt

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Retro Verseau by Helmut Newton, Outlier Attempt "The Machine Recalls a Canon" 2500 x 2500 px, .png 2022 // For this little exercise in post-photography, I attempt to recreate iconic photographs using new artificial intelligence algorithms that generate images from text prompts, made possible thanks to advances in natural language processing models like GPT-3. This photograph was mediated through MidJourney's AI Bot on Discord and is entirely machine generated. This series is dedicated to Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote. In recreating the canon from digital scratch, we can consider the fragility of our collective memories, we can also reconsider the canon in and of itself. What deserves to be called forth back into existence and why? I remember it was during my high school/college gap year that I first saw Helmut Newton's photograph "Retro Verseau" in an obituary of his passing. Looking back, this was the first time I saw an image of gender nonconformity that wasn't presented as tragic, or played for laughs. Instead it was stylish, sexy, and beautifully composed. It doesn't ask for your gaze or value judgement and plus there's that Yves Saint Laurent fit. // // Artwork by Sabato Visconti // www.sabatobox.com // @sabatobox on Twitter //

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