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What is your take on the similarity to the advent of photography? It was mentioned in the article that photography was similarly criticized for removing much of

What is your take on the similarity to the advent of photography? It was mentioned in the article that photography was similarly criticized for removing much of the work involved in painting by hand.

gonzo41 4y ago
I like and approve of analogue photography. I don't really like digital. It makes most images now. But large format photography is a challenge and requires a lot of skill, you have to get it right there at the moment of capture. There's something real about having been in a place, and done a physical thing to record a moment in a way. Digital just...everything's filtered... nothing feels real. And whilst you can do a LOT of darkroom tricks like slicing two negatives together and using filters to highlight things, there's a limit. But again, It's what I like. Some will agree, some will not. I'm happy with what I like and see stacks of digital art I just find myself more drawn to non digital stuff. It perhaps is a side effect of working with tech all day.
forgotusername6 4y ago
Photography of course evolved into an art discipline of its own. Along with it came billions of low effort terrible pictures. I'm expecting AI art to follow the same pattern. Amazing human lead compositions alongside generic pieces.
- gonzo41 4y ago
  Oh I totally agree. I anything this artwork deserves the prize for the conversations and controversies it'll generate. There's so many critics who'll get column inches out of slagging of AI art until things settle down.
hotpotamus 4y ago
I consider myself a student of fine art photography. I was going to write a bit about how photographers are limited by what they can photograph (I'm jealous of painters' ability to create whatever lighting they like), but it would make for an unwieldy long comment - it's actually something I should probably spend some time writing more longform type post about with perhaps some research. I haven't been all that impressed with much AI art until I started seeing these Midjourney images, which I do find compelling for some reason. Which makes me wonder if an AI can have a style for lack of a better word. And then - could one AI be used to imitate the style of another? Like I said, there is much that could be thought about and written about.

What is your take on the similarity to the advent of photography? It was mentioned in the article that photography was similarly criticized for removing much of the work involved in painting by hand.

gonzo41 4y ago

I like and approve of analogue photography. I don't really like digital. It makes most images now. But large format photography is a challenge and requires a lot of skill, you have to get it right there at the moment of capture. There's something real about having been in a place, and done a physical thing to record a moment in a way. Digital just...everything's filtered... nothing feels real. And whilst you can do a LOT of darkroom tricks like slicing two negatives together and using filters to highlight things, there's a limit. But again, It's what I like. Some will agree, some will not. I'm happy with what I like and see stacks of digital art I just find myself more drawn to non digital stuff. It perhaps is a side effect of working with tech all day.

forgotusername6 4y ago

Photography of course evolved into an art discipline of its own. Along with it came billions of low effort terrible pictures. I'm expecting AI art to follow the same pattern. Amazing human lead compositions alongside generic pieces.

gonzo41 4y ago
Oh I totally agree. I anything this artwork deserves the prize for the conversations and controversies it'll generate. There's so many critics who'll get column inches out of slagging of AI art until things settle down.

hotpotamus 4y ago

I consider myself a student of fine art photography. I was going to write a bit about how photographers are limited by what they can photograph (I'm jealous of painters' ability to create whatever lighting they like), but it would make for an unwieldy long comment - it's actually something I should probably spend some time writing more longform type post about with perhaps some research. I haven't been all that impressed with much AI art until I started seeing these Midjourney images, which I do find compelling for some reason. Which makes me wonder if an AI can have a style for lack of a better word. And then - could one AI be used to imitate the style of another? Like I said, there is much that could be thought about and written about.