AI-Generated Image Wins Sony Photography Award
<p>Photographer Boris Eldagsen refused the winning prize of one of the most prestigious photography competitions in the world after revealing to Sony that it was AI-generated. Eldagsen never expected to win but instead wanted to open up a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CrKA32zoIEA/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">discussion</a> about the future of photography.</p>
<p>Berlin-based artist Eldagsen entered the image <em>The Electrician</em> from a series called <em>Pseudomnesia,</em> meaning false memory. The image won in the creative open category of the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards. He described the image as:</p>
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<p>“a haunting black-and-white portrait of two women from different generations, reminiscent of the visual language of 1940s family portraits.”</p>
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<p><em>The Electrician</em> was created using OpenAI’s DALL-E 2. Writing on his website, Eldagsen said, <em>“Something about this doesn’t feel right, does it?”</em> Perhaps this should have been a clue to the Sony judges who failed to spot the warped fingers and the haunting gaze from the two women in the black-and-white image from a bygone era.</p>
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