Oh, this artist has managed to prove a point. German artist Boris Eldagsen won first place at the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA). His entry won first place in the creative competition of the open segment.
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Eldagsen’s winning piece, titled Pseudomnesia: The Electrician was actually made through an AI image generator. No, this is not a situation of using artificial intelligence to pass off works as their own. The photographer intentionally submitted this generated art piece to prove a point. Eldagsen refused the award. “The work SWPA has chosen is the result of a complex interplay of prompt engineering, inpainting, and outpainting that draws on my wealth of photographic knowledge,” he wrote.
He wanted to make the award organizers aware of the differences between actual photographs and generated images. Eldagsen shared that he wanted the award-giving body to make a separate competition for AI-generated images. Additionally, he also expressed his concern that the SWPA did not communicate in their press release that his work was co-created using AI.
“Since I don’t want there to be any misunderstandings here, it is important for me to explain in this email the background of the image you have chosen in as much detail as possible…In Germany, I am active as [an] AI expert in the “Deutscher Fotorat” (German Photo Council) to discuss the chances and risks of AI image generators. Perhaps Sony would be interested in taking up the topic for a panel discussion in this context,” he wrote to the organization.
Image credit: Alex Schwander
Source: neatorama