LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)
Photography is the manipulation of light. Whether those manipulations serve artistic or technical purposes hardly matters; the two are often synonymous.
Steven Biver • Light Science and Magic 4/e
c'était exaspérant, depuis longtemps d'ailleurs les photographes exaspéraient Jed, en particulier les grands photographes, avec leur prétention de révéler dans leurs clichés la vérité de leurs modèles ; ils ne révélaient rien du tout, ils se contentaient de se placer devant vous et de déclencher le moteur de leur appareil pour prendre des centaines
... See moreMichel Houellebecq • La carte et le territoire (French Edition)
I share this sentiment (from Cristobal Valenzuela, founder of RunwayML), on AI and creativity:
... See moreThe most significant gap in AI research and art does not lie within the models themselves but rather in the approach to art. I have noticed a tendency to oversimplify the creative act. In a research setting, the goal is to control and measure variables, wh
If you see something, a good photograph is the expression of an idea. This doesn’t require captions and explanations. A photo should make a statement.”