The Truths of Deepfakes
The Truths of Deepfakes: The use of artificial intelligence has been blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction, making it increasingly difficult to verify the authenticity of…
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Algorithmic racism
The new James Bond was recommended by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The choice was Henry Cavill, the British actor who became famous for playing Superman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of…
Smile, You’re Being Scanned: Thermal Cameras and the New Normal
COVID-19 transformed urban culture, introducing unprecedented elements into everyday city life. The image of the crowd, always associated with the emergence and life of metropolises, was…
It’s Written All over Your Face! Big Brother Has Become Big Data
The global facial recognition technology market is expected to double over the coming years, from US$3.2 billion to US$7 billion in 2024. Its main applications are security, healthcare and…
The future of wrinkles and computer vision
What is the future of photography and the gaze when confronted with the emerging world of Artificial Intelligence? Within anyone’s reach, AI technologies show that the future of the image…
The Future of Ruins in the Age of Programmed Forgetting
How can we not think of ruins amid the political and social tearing apart we are experiencing, haunted by catastrophe? A theme dear to the photographic imagination, ruins have asserted…
What Do the President’s Images Say?
In my first column of the year for Revista ZUM, I analyze the construction of President Bolsonaro’s image, from the amateur aesthetic of his campaign to his governmental image. I discuss…
Images of Sameness: From the Banal to the Radical
In my column for Revista Zum, I highlight radical artistic projects emerging from the sameness and banality of the overproduction of images on Instagram and social networks. I discuss…
What We See Looks Back at Us
My column in Revista ZUM focuses on immersive images. I discuss the presence of images at the urban scale and the reintroduction of the body into this setting through the films Blade Runner…
We Must Occupy the Memes
My column is now online on ZUM magazine’s website, and the topic is memes!In this article, I discuss the leading role memes play in political disputes and their transformation into a kind…