#137 The Great Debate: Modernism, Authenticity, and Generative-AI

With our special guest, professor Ed Bateman, from the University of Utah.

www.edbateman.com

His work at PhotoEye

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Ed Bateman, (After “Durer's Knight, Death and the Devil”) — detail at right.

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Jiri Anderle, “Bacchus (after Carvagio)” (1983)

Michael Christopher Brown, from his series “90 Miles” (2023) — not photos, but beautiful images telling a story of the Cuban history, generated with AI. 

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Robert Doisneau, “Le Baiser de l’Hôtel de Ville” (1950) — one of the most iconic images of the 20th century was later found out to be staged. And it changes how you feel about what you’re seeing. The context matters.

In this historic 1982 issue, the second pyramid was moved to the right to better fit in the vertical cover. The public went crazy and Nat Geo never did it again.