Noteworthy

Mia: The Story Behind an AI Persona

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Daring Dutch Photographer Erwin Olaf Dies Aged 64

Renowned Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf, whose diverse work covered subjects such as gay nightlife in Amsterdam to portraits of the Dutch royal family, has died.

Selected artworks by Erwin Olaf

Artworks Dance in Close-Up, 2022 Im Wald, 2020 April Fool 2020 Hope, 2005 Palm Springs, 2018 Shanghai, 2017 Berlin, 2012 Your browser does not support the video tag. Separation, 2003 Still Lifes, 1994-2021 Royal Blood, 2000 Your browser does not support the video tag.

Unsettling App Gives ChatGPT a Face and Lets You Talk to ‘Her’

A new app gives ChatGPT a personality by allowing users to talk face-to-face with a red-haired, hazel-eyed avatar named Annie. Call Annie harnesses the power of ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language model, allowing users to have a flowing conversation with a robot.

Fake Images of Donald Trump Being Arrested Shows the Power of AI

The dramatic images show the former president being jostled to the ground by a group of police officers before being led away and put in jail. The synthetic images come as anticipation grows that Trump will be indicted over allegations he paid hush money to a porn star.

People are Paying $17 for Hundreds of AI-Generated Headshots

Social media users have started using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, to generate professional headshot photos for their Linkedin profiles.

https://petapixel.com/2023/03/17/midjourney-v5-creates-photorealistic-images-and-even-does-hands-correctly/

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https://petapixel.com/2023/02/21/popular-instagram-photographer-revealed-as-ai-fraud/

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Scammers Using AI Images to Profit from Turkey-Syria Earthquake

Scammers are using images of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that have been generated with artificial intelligence (AI) to trick people into donating money.

https://petapixel.com/2023/02/15/famed-commerical-photographer-embraces-ai-theres-no-going-back/

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Designed to Deceive: Do These People Look Real to You?

These people may look familiar, like ones you’ve seen on Facebook or Twitter. Or people whose product reviews you’ve read on Amazon, or dating profiles you’ve seen on Tinder.

Landscapes Brilliantly Turned On Their Heads in This Digital Campaign

We love the elegance of these cityscapes and landscapes that have been flipped on their heads to create impossible scenery. Originally designed for a United Airlines in Australia campaign, the ads used the tagline ‘Dreamers Welcome’ to announce the service of their 787 Dreamliner plane service.

The iPhone 12 Pro Max: Real Pro Photography

At Halide HQ, we’ve been busily working away on a very deep, technical analysis of what’s new in iPhone 12 cameras this year. All four of ’em. On Friday, we got our hands on the final iPhones in this year’s line-up, the iPhone 12 mini and the iPhone 12 Pro Max.

https://petapixel.com/2020/11/16/street-photography-is-not-a-crime-lets-keep-it-that-way/

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April Fool 2020

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erwin olaf: “I do not know if I am still ‘fresh’ with my ideas... and to be honest I do not give a fuck”

This article originally appeared on i-D UK. Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf’s career began, like many great artists before him, completely by chance.

Do Micro Four Thirds cameras have a future?

For years, photographers and industry pundits have predicted the demise of the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) camera system. Many believe that the smaller sensor has been superseded by APS-C cameras and the ever-growing lineup of full-frame mirrorless shooters.

Story

Communicating, Randy’s school report tells us, is not his strongest skill. For the first eight years of his life, in fact, he didn’t speak at all. Nowadays he does, although his words are sometimes inaudible. But he is communicating, albeit in his own way.

https://petapixel.com/2017/11/07/ai-creates-photo-realistic-faces-people-dont-exist/

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This Short Film Made By Pixar Animators in Their Spare Time Is Damn Good

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Old Love

Annabel Oosteweeghel

The Inspiring Journey of Street Photographer Jimmy on the Run

Jianmin Huang, better known as Jimmy on the Run, is a fashion and street photographer based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The 7-minute video above by Wytse Koetse is an inspiring look at the life and work of this passionate photographer (note: there’s a bit of strong language and nudity).

TransIP : Reserved domain

Bring it! TransIP is in 2003 ontstaan vanuit de gedachte dat alles altijd beter kan. Door te blijven innoveren en continu onze producten en diensten te verbeteren zijn we uitgegroeid tot de grootste van Nederland.

http://petapixel.com/2016/01/25/these-photos-got-a-photographer-banned-from-north-korea/

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10 gave symmetrische foto's van Instagram

Van gebouwen tot producten in een supermarkt: symmetrie is dat veel mensen dagelijks bezighoudt. Het Instagram-account van Symmetrical Monsters zal de gemiddelde perfectionist dan ook een fijn gevoel geven met haar extreem symmetrische foto's.

Artist Becomes One With Animals By Replacing Her Eye With Theirs

Hungarian professional photographer Flóra Borsi is an eyeful. Animeyed, her latest photo series, features beautiful animals superimposed over self-portraits so that the two faces overlap, sharing one animal eye in common.

Prachtige foto’s: oude mensen kijken in de spiegel en zien hun jongere zelf

De oude grijsaard was ooit een sterke beroepsmilitair, de gedistingeerde dame op leeftijd wond eens alle mannen om haar vinger, maar die tijd is lang vervlogen. Een oorlogsveteraan zei daarover tegen fotograaf Tom Hussey: "Ik kan niet geloven dat ik tachtig word.

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2015 Year in Pictures: Part I

Photographs from January - June on a range of topics from around the world.

In Gesprek Met: Fotograaf Erwin Olaf - Vogue Nederland

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http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/lens/2016/01/13/a-peek-into-vivian-maiers-family-album/

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Digging Deeper Into Vivian Maier’s Past - NYTimes.com

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Fan Ho’s Fantastic Black-and-White Street Photographs of 1950s Hong Kong

Photographer Ho Fan has been shooting black and white street photography since the 1950s. At the time, he was living in the poor, rundown Central neighborhood of Hong Kong. The streets, filled with food and trinket vendors, captured the recent Shanghai transplant’s attention.

Russian Mother Takes Magical Pictures of Her Two Kids With Animals On Her Farm

These wonderful photographs by Elena Shumilova plunge the viewer into a beautiful world that revolves around two boys and their adorable dog, cat, duckling and rabbit friends.