In Decisive: Blurring the Lines, Arun Mista speaks with Henry Rice who discusses the interplay of modern technology, photography, and artificial intelligence. Using an iPhone 11 Pro’s QuickTake Video feature to capture five-second clips, he extracted 180 still images, which were then analysed for their semiotic content by ChatGPT-4.0. Through Midjourney, 180 AI-generated images were created to mirror the originals, blending human experience with machine interpretation. This collection of 360 images critiques the superficiality of networked visuals while exploring the dynamic relationship between individual identity and globalised culture. Rice's work reflects the shifting boundaries of photographic reality in an AI-driven age.

Explore the hidden world of introverts through Frankie McAllister's "Two Way Mirror" project. Discover how photography can capture the invisible struggles and unique perspectives of those who navigate an extrovert-dominated world. Join us for a thought-provoking journey into the power of quiet voices and the art of visual storytelling.

In the upheaval following WWI and the Russian Revolution, avant-garde artists rejected traditional romantic ideals for new anti-rational, abstract movements like Futurism. A leading figure was Viktor Shklovsky, who developed the concept of "defamiliarisation" or "making strange" - using artistic techniques to obscure familiar objects and perceptions to force the viewer to experience them anew. This challenged passive consumption of art in favour of an active process of perception and reconstruction. Futurist painters like Malevich embraced abstraction to radically defamiliarize art, while poets and writers experimented with unconventional language and narrative techniques. Though short-lived, Making Strange captured the radical imagination of an era of upheaval, when avant-garde artists sought to remake reality itself. In this post, Alun Misra connects the strategies used by the Futurists to photography now, and describes how he has used some these in his work and why.

Can you photograph joy? Exploring the elusive, transcendent nature of joy through the lens of philosophy and personal experience. Examining the limitations of capturing the essence of joy in a single image, and ideas for approaching it through abstract, conceptual photography. A thought-provoking perspective on the pursuit of this profound emotional state.