The Faces of the Unknown is a new body of work where I explore the possibilities of digital portraiture in the age of AI.
In a few short months, AI-generated art has gone from “invite only” tools to readily available mobile apps. During this short period of time, the AI systems have continued to learn, grow and develop at an astounding pace. When I started exploring AI-generated art over the summer using Midjourney, it was very erratic and struggled on many fronts. With that said, it was very impressive to see what a simple text prompt could deliver. Five months later, with a much deeper data set to draw from, it is starting to get scary.
What you see here are not images taken by a skilled photographer with an expensive portrait lens; what you see are images generated with Midjourney using nothing more than skillfully crafted text prompts. I wonder and worry as to where we will be in regard to AI-generated imagery in another five months?
In my The Faces of the Unknown project I will be exploring this new creative space, examining the technology and considering the ramifications this powerful new tool will bring.
You can follow my exploration into AI generated portraits over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thefacesoftheunknown
