The Role of the Photographer in the Age of AI: Possible Paths Forward
Image generated with Adobe Firefly using the prompt: 'What would AI image generation look like if it was a physical tool?'
How can we keep on thinking critically about the images we produce in the context of generative AI?
Savannah Dodd takes stock of the challenges and opportunities for ethical photographic practice that the growth of generative AI technologies presents. She focuses on articulating an ethical imperative for photographers, considers how to ethically make work with others using generative AI, and problematises the speed of AI in a culture of productivity in which visual artists necessarily operate.
Through this piece, Dodd weaves her ‘own’ images generated with Adobe Firefly using different prompts.
