<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230325205601/https://www.eldagsen.com/sony-world-photography-awards-2023/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20230325205601/https://www.eldag...</a><p>>“The work… is the result of a complex interplay of prompt engineering, inpainting and outpainting that draws on my wealth of photographic knowledge. For me, working with AI image generators is a co-creation, in which I am the director. It is not about pressing a button – and done it is. It is about exploring the complexity of this process, starting with refining text prompts, then developing a complex workflow, and mixing various platforms and techniques. The more you create such a workflow and define parameters, the higher your creative part becomes.”<p>The image is fairly derivative, and doesn’t demonstrate any traits of a well crafted generative image, nor does it show signs of the creator’s ability to draw in a topic, emotion or theme, other than ‘oooh spooky old photo’.<p>It also doesn’t show off their knowledge of photographic and ai technique like they claim. The scratches and effects look forced, and the hands and faces just look like classic ai.<p>It’s <i>okay</i> graphic design. He even goes on to say <i>it’s not a photograph</i>.<p>If this isn’t an April fool’s joke, then Sony have seriously tarnished the reputation of the award.