Michael Mehl : AI Images

I have always found interesting the correlation of text to image. Having worked in advertising and experimented with digital art forms for decades, this correlation has always been integral to my work. Consequently, the possibilities offered by Generative AI to prompt images from narrative descriptions were a legitimate opportunity for further exploration. However, as the technology keeps evolving, the ease of creating images from text has already become too easy, making it less and less of a creative challenge, which makes it less and less interesting for me.

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2024 : Primate See Primate Do : Monograph
Primate See Primate Do is a series of AI images I created specifically for FOTOSEPTIEMBRE 2024. The images are self-explanatory: primates are copycats. We can’t help it. We salivate when we see the shiny new toys acquired, and activities engaged, by friends, neighbors, and more significantly, by so-called influencers. Me wants it too! Gimme Now!

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2023 : El Lechón AI Portrait Series : Monograph
A recent invitation to gather a diverse group of friends for a Cuban Lechón (roasted piglet) dinner, seemed a fine occasion to create a series of AI portraits of the individuals that would be attending the dinner (and a few quadrupeds, lechón included). The prompts for each portrait were specific to each individual’s personality, main or favorite activity, and general physical appearance.

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