Title: Long Exposures: AI Photography vs Reality
Created by: Khushi Nakum, Kisha McAdoo
Materials: Luster Photo Paper, Canon Rebel T7, Endurax Tripod

Human Artist statement:
Inspired by AI created long exposures we came up with the concept to combine a motion blur background with a still subject. We took a still photo of our subject in five different environments. We then took a long exposure photo in each setting, including motion blur in each shot. Some of our photos included blur from people walking, while other photos had blur from leaves or light. In Photoshop, we masked out our subject and placed him on the long exposure background.

In the second part of the process, we uploaded the final versions of our photos to DALLE2 to generate AI versions. In several of the AI generations, the results were distorted, while others were almost human-like with fewer glitches.

ChatGPT Version:
Using photographic vocabulary, can you rewrite the following artist's statement in 200 words from a photographer's perspective?

Intrigued by the innovative realm of AI-assisted long exposures, our photographic vision unfurled with the desire to blend the ethereal essence of motion blur backgrounds with the captivating stillness of our subjects. Our artistic journey led us to capture the essence of a single subject in five distinct environmental vignettes, each narrating its own tale of motion. In these moments, we harnessed the play of light and time, capturing enigmatic blurs – a dynamic dance of passing souls, swaying foliage, and ephemeral illumination.

Guided by our creative ardor, we turned to the realm of post-processing in the digital darkroom. There, we carefully unraveled our subjects from their temporal moorings and placed them gracefully against the canvases of the long exposure backgrounds. This meticulous craft in Photoshop was a meticulous dance of layering and masking, accentuating the stillness against the fluidity of time.

In the second phase of our photographic odyssey, we entrusted our finalized masterpieces to DALLE2's AI prowess. The machine's wizardry endowed our works with surreal metamorphoses. Some AI alchemies conjured distorted visions, akin to abstract dreams, while others birthed eerily human-like figments, each touched by an otherworldly, glitchy charm. In this artistic convergence of man and machine, our images transcended mere photography, becoming visual symphonies of the digital age, where the lines between reality and artistry are exquisitely blurred.