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This photo got 3rd in an AI art contest—then its human photographer came forward
Humans pretending to be machines isn't exactly a victory for the creative spirit.
The 1839 Awards launched last year as a way to "honor photography as an art form," with a panel of experienced judges who work with photos at The New York Times, Christie's, and Getty Images, among others. Because of this, the photographer, who goes by the pen name Miles Astray, was able to enter his photo "F L A M I N G O N E" into that AI-generated category, where it was shortlisted and then picked for third place over plenty of other entries that were not made by a human holding a camera. Astray said he entered the photo in the AI category "to prove that human-made content has not lost its relevance, that Mother Nature and her human interpreters can still beat the machine, and that creativity and emotion are more than just a string of digits."
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