First try using AI on my photos.

Past- Havre De Pas but in an idea of how it would of looked in the past with the old street lamps, the main building not finished building yet and the sky being very bright.

Present – The building has been made now and it has new changed windows with different newer street lamps, but same pillars and main circular stone wall.

Future – The stone building has now been flattened and turned into more of a blue building with more different windows, again different newer street lamps, with new white pillars also, to match the bridge. Also, there is a lot of rubbish and plastic scattered all over the beach to show how the world is getting destroyed by people littering/killing animals.

Second try using AI with my photos.

Past – Anchor.

Present – Anchor.

Future – Anchor

I this piece is one of the best. The colours and visibility of textures really draw your eyes to it. I think it is good how it is in the centre as well surrounded by sky above and grass below, as if it is submerging from it. I think the black and white photo makes it more dramatic and the two next to each other creates a contrast.

I like this landscape image and AI aftermath image as the original image captures a bright sunny day, causing the blue sky and gold sand. I think that this image wouldn’t look as effective as it does if it wasn’t so bright, highlighting the colours. The AI image below it is a representation of how Jersey could look in the future because of human impacts. I think having them paired together makes them both more eye-catching and it makes the images more emotional.

I think these four final images work best when they are put together. When they are presented alone, they don’t look intriguing and don’t show the full extent of damage that had taken place during the storm. However, when they are put together, it allows you to see the different trauma that the woodland faces and has more of an impact on you.

This photo worked really well for the anthropocene project as it fits into/ is similar to a lot of photographers work based around the litter pollution this world suffers from. I used AI to help add litter to the surroundings of the girl. I like that the floor is dark and the shadows as it contrasts against the bright coloured rubbish surrounding the girl. I also think the moody/ blank face is almost symbolised in the darkness of the photo.

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Chris Jordan’s main focus on mass consumption is extremely intriguing when it comes to the population and its consumptions, and how they negatively affect the earth. He also created a piece of work called “Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption,” this work includes different landfills and recycling points and how all different disposed items are placed. He also then placed these objects into different structures and arrangements in order to create beautiful abstractions. This creates a satisfying and oddly amusing images with the shocking reality of waste plants and the disposal of rubbish and waste. These unusual images display huge amounts of large items such as car tyres, cars and landfill sites on a huge scale. Another piece of work named “Running the Numbers,” is particularly disturbing, heart-breaking where Chris Jordan includes waste statistics into multiple images. This also included photographs which are particularly ‘disturbing’ but also necessary to help spread awareness for the issues and dangers which are created just from human contribution to the world. These images will be extremely challenging and difficult to make however, I will attempt to replicate a similar image whilst

“Midway”

“Camel Gastrolith”

These two projects are particularly meaningful and touching as they display the victims of our actions. In Midway, the carcasses of baby albatross’ are scattered with their insides polluted with plastics such as bottle caps, lighters, and other single use plastics. This is extremely graphic to see and shows the severity and ferocity of human actions.

that show the affects of projects that draw our attention to the innocent victims of our excess. We see the carcass of a baby albatross, its gut filled with plastic caps, lighters and other lethal plastic objects. We see the stomach contents of a dead camel, comprised of over 500 plastic bags, along with plastic, glass and metal debris. Throughout his work, Jordan reveals the harrowing consequences of our daily choices and the urgent need to make a change.

Chris Jones Inspired Experimentation.

I did a very quick photoshoot to display and experiment with how I could display all objects I find whilst looking for stray rubbish on the floor. I used a black piece of paper in the background and I used objects such as calculators, brushes, glue sticks and pens in a separated arrangement which I could use for the litter I come across.

For this mini photoshoot I focused on photographing singular objects on the ground. This was to practice further with Chris Jordan inspired work. I decided to photograph these objects individually and not all pieced together, next time I would like to photograph all these objects arranged in a similar arrangement to what I practiced.

Photoshop.

I created this in Photoshop using the quick selection tool and this took a lot of layers to create. I cut the images out using the tool and then reordered created a layer copy to erase the background image and keep the selected area, I then arranged them into a variation of images to create this picture.

I used Photoshop to create depictions of the past, the present (my edited image) and the future of the Anthropocene.

CITYSCAPES:

My original image:

I first experimented with my urban cityscape that I took from Fort Regent overlooking the town centre using the Generative Fill tool. This way, I could completely remove, add or change the landscape to show how this could be the future of the island if preventative action isn’t taken.

Then, I used generative fill again to show what this area would of looked like in the past to show the difference between these areas due to human action:

For this, I used Photoshop to arrange the images and then cropped it so that there were no surrounding borders, only a separation between the images.

TRIPTYCH:

For this triptych, I used a black background but kept a slight border at the top and bottom as I feel like the black compliments the images better this way. I created these using photoshop so that I can map out my final presentations.

GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTATION:

My original image:

I completely removed the greenhouse and used the generative fill tool to create a depiction of how this area would look in the past, before the greenhouse was built here:

I made the area brighter through the sky and the tone of the grass to create a healthy and soothing ambience, what it would have been like years ago before pollution developed at such an alarming rate. I then used neural filters to show what the future holds for this greenhouse if it remains untouched, neglected and unloved:

I played around with a few of the filters and the strength of them until I found one that suited it. I wanted to use this at a reduced strength to show how it will become swarmed and taken over by the greenery surrounding, as if nature is taking back what is theirs. I think this also works well because it makes the appearance of the glass windows look dirtier, untouched and still for an extremely long time.

HOW I DID IT:

I used the rectangular marquee tool to select aspects of my image that I wanted to remove or alter, I had to b careful on how big or small I made it as everything within the rectangle selected would be changed.

I did this for every building or section of the image until I was happy with it, trying to ensure it isn’t too exaggerated as it should still look realistic.

Alongside this, I used the neural filters tool to transform the atmosphere of my entire image of the greenhouse:

I selected the landscape mixer Ai filter and played around with the different pre-sets until I came across one I liked. From here, I could alter the strength, time of day and season at which the image would be taken. I added this as a new layer one I was done.

I attempted to use the AI function on Photoshop to generate images that replicate a world, before, during and after the affects humans have had on earth. I found this project particularly interesting using the ‘generative fill’ setting. I found this component of the topic particularly interesting and fun to do as I was bale to use my creativity and imagination to generate anything I wanted onto an image using photoshop. This was a very useful tool for me to learn how to further use Photoshop and expand my editing skills. I focused on adding things such as trees, buildings, people and rubbish into photos to create both negative and positive approaches.

To do this, I first of all entered an image I took at Harve Des Pas beach.

I selected a part of the image I wanted editing, I did this using the rectangular marquee tool.

I then pressed generative ill and typed ‘smoke’ this was to make the building look like there is smoke and pollution coming out and leaking into the clouds.

I also then added some hotels around It to show the development of overpopulation and the building of urban areas around natural landscapes.

I also then added some scattered rubbish onto the beach, as I believe the takeover of plastics will massively increase.

BEFORE: AFTER:

Here is my side by side before and after of my image edited and unedited. Although this is a far-fetched image of the affects of Anthropocene, I believe this could be the negative effects on Earth if humans were to continue with their contribution to the danger of anthropocene etc.

In this image I decided to darken the mountain and rock slightly to show how the air has been affected due to gases and pollution in the air. I also then added 3 wind turbines using Photoshop and also then added some rubbish and plastic looking waste into the ocean, however, I think that this image would’ve looked stronger and more realistic without it.

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I also used AI to make this original image on the (left photo) to make it look like it is on fire. This I think worked well and signifies global warming and forest fires taking place. I think this quite a high quality image as it looks quite realistic.

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Here is another AI image I generated to display deforestation and forest fires due to human activity. I like this image apart from a section that could be improved.

This section I think brings down the quality of my image and makes it look unrealistic. However, In future this could be prevented by choosing another of the options that Photoshop provides.

I also had this image which I added hotels, houses and buildings to. I did not want to go too overboard with my edits and lower the quality of the image by making it look unrealistic.

I also then added a road to this identical image, I think this road adds another extra element to the picture as there was originally a dirt path which has been modernised by a road for cars.

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I decided to just add a few more buildings to this image to make it even more urbanised than it currently is. I also then added some litter and plastic to look like its been washed up from the sea, this incorporates both extra buildings and rubbish washed up on the beach. This image then signifies pollution as well as urbanisation, which are two top contributors to Anthropocene.

This image is of Beauport bay and I decided to add some more people in and add lots of very far fetched large hotels and houses to show a beautiful beach that has been very urbanised. I think this image looks semi-realistic but not overly realistic as the hotels look very AI generated.

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I took this photo of the road at Havre Des Pas in order to show the Island in its current element and how there is a balance of industrialisation with natural landscapes.

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For this photo I decided to remove most urbanised parts, aside from the road, all cars, buses, fences and industrial machines to show a more minimal landscape without humans and show what ‘could be’ in an idealised world. This photo demonstrates positive effects of Anthropocene and how tranquil and healthy the Island could become again.

I then also decided to take a step further and remove the road, and include a field, this is to show an even more idealised area that would be environmentally positive and ideal. The greenery and natural landscape I have added into the photo shows a perfect Jersey. However, to further improve this photo I would like to have removed the houses and buildings in the back of the photo, this would have made it even more realistic.

What is AI?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an evolving technology that tries to simulate human intelligence using machines. AI encompasses various subfields, including machine learning and deep learning, which allow systems to learn and adapt in novel ways from training data. It has vast applications across multiple industries, such as healthcare, finance, and transportation. While AI offers significant advancements. it also raises ethical, privacy, and employment concerns.

How it AI used to generate images and visual content using new technology?

An AI image generator is a sophisticated tool that uses artificial intelligence algorithms to create images from textual descriptions or prompts. These generators analyse the input text and generate corresponding visual representations, ranging from realistic photographs to abstract artworks. By controlling the power of machine learning and neural networks, these systems can produce high-quality images that mimic the style and content described in the text.

Mood board of AI images

All these images are somewhat related and edited to AI. I used this for inspiration as I think it represents AI properly and there are some images I believe I can replacer.

These are past, present, and future images I played around with on photoshop.

Final Images

Past

In this picture, I used an image of a beach and changed the filter to ‘sepia’. This gives it the effect of being an old picture. I also used AI to add in soldiers and an army plane to make it look like it was taken during the war.

Present

In this image, I took a picture over town. I used AI to add builders, a bird and a plane. I did this for my present image as it is present that we still use planes and real people for work. The bird represents that the world isn’t fully ruined as we still have wildlife.

Future

I used this picture of a lake. I got AI to add litter and pollution. I used this to represent the future as I believe this is what it’ll look like due to global warming and technological advancements, humans wont be needed.

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I wanted to remove the reflection of the phone from the photo without cropped it as I still wanted the background to be present.

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In this photo there is a tortoise in the foreground eating from a bowl of food with quite an empty space around it. In the upper portion of this photo there is more detail such as the case of shells. Due to the lower portion being quite empty it allows the details in the upper half to be seen more. This photo shows the theme of Anthropocene as it shows a case of tortoise shells which have been farmed by humans, showing how humans have a harmful impact on animals.

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This photo was taken of money being dropped into a donations box for orangutans. I changed this photo to black and white as I think it makes the writing stand out more which is the main focus of the image. This shows Anthropocene as it shows how animals are now needing our help due to the impact humans have had on them for example deforestation and destroying their habitats.

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This image is of a pile of rubbish and toxic chemicals which were at the zoo. This shows Anthropocene as it shows that they have little care for the environment and this is even worse at the zoo as they are meant to be considerate of nature however doing this proves they are not concerned about it.

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I also edited these and I plan to use some of these in my final images.

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In this photo there are too many things which are in the front which take focus away from the orangutan, I will therefore use AI to remove these objects such as the bucket and the tube.

I chose to remove the blue bucket from the image as it was taking the focus away from the orangutan. These are the options which the AI provided me with, I chose to use the first one as it looks the most realistic.

Final photo:

After removing somethings from the image I think that the orangutan is more in focus and is the main feature of the

Occupation locations – Then and now, The effects of Anthropocene:

(For this image, I went on a historical walk around the area of plemont and how much it has changed since the second world war).

These are my photoshoots combined into a contact sheet, for my first contact I toke images of the historical site at plemont, with its mix of architecture from 2 different time periods with how they compare today, i thought it would be an interesting location. For my second photoshoot i focused on areas with direct influence of German bunker architecture such as cornier and Elizabeth which i had gathered historical photos to make comparison images from then and now with. Some mini-photoshoots are included like old buildings in town and in the agricultural museum, Hamptonne.

Green coloured:

These photos are rated 4 – 5 on the star rating, and are flagged: This means that they fit the aesthetic of Anthropocene, and incorporate elements associated to it and my photoshoot plans.

Yellow coloured:

These images are taken well but lack the correct amount of exposure, need to be cropped, re-adjusted with their angles or contain unwanted obstacles.

Red coloured:

These images did not fit the aesthetic because they where either blurry, poorly taken or did not fit the concept I was basing my photoshoot off.

Elizabeth Castle images – Then and now comparison

Examples:

Virtual Gallery

I created a virtual gallery with my final images to see what they looked like presented in a gallery format before I printed them. By using a blank wall I presented them as a tryptic display, as each shot connects to the next and they are more impactful next to each other. I also used a mixed black and white frame to match the colour theme throughout the images, this helped add a border to the photos so they didn’t feel like the geometric elements blended into the grey wall taking away from the harsh lines.

Final Analysis of Photos

The photos are all edited in a the same way, all black and white with blocks of black and white colour. This links all the photos together nicely as each photos content is a little different to the next. I went about the black and white editing on an individual basis making sure I tailored the overall low toned black and white look to each photo. This also meant I had to look after the texture of each photo, sometime increasing the texture to emphasis the point of the photo, sometimes decreasing to reduce the noise and make the point of the photo clearer. All three photos have the geometric style in common, as I used the same blocks of black and white alternating colour on all three photos adding a new element to the composition of the shot. Using the curves of the bay or harsh lines of houses is something I have done in each shot to provide leading lines and structure as otherwise photos in this style can get quite messy.

Analysis of Presentation

I have presented the photos as a tryptic both in person and on the blog. The hard copies I printed out at A4 size to ensure the details in the photos weren’t missed from being too small but also A3 would have been too big and the details of each shot would have been overwhelming. I then backed each shot onto foam board without a boarder as the white foam board looked like an extension of the photo with the photos have large amounts of white near the edges. Saying this I did then back the mounted pieces onto black mount board to group them together. This meant the shots would be displayed together with a high contrast similar to the colour blocks with the white in the photo and the black of the mount board. I chose to display them vertically as it breaks up the landscape orientation of the shots themselves, encouraging the viewer to apricate how large the areas of effected land are and it’s not just one scene. This also helped show the differences between each shot but where the similarities tied them together both in the editing and composition of the shots.

Analysis of Links to Photographer

In my final presentation of my final three photos, there are obvious links to all the photographers I looked at both for editing style and actual photos. In my final editing process I made sure I was using what I had learn through not only my first set of editing but also what I had learnt from researching and analysing Nick Frank and Guy Catling’s work. Both make use of natural geometric shapes created in the photos, removing sections nd replacing with solid colour and patterns drawing the eye to the subject of each photo. Particularly in Nick Frank’s work he uses the colour blocks to remove distracting details, details of the background highlighting the important areas of his work. I used the colour blocks to show the varsity of the areas effected by humans, almost doing the opposite of Nick Frank and using the colour blocks to draw attention to the area of photo beneath the block layer that otherwise would be over looked.

Analysis of Links to Anthropocene

The final photos I have presented have taken an unusual approach when it comes to talking about Anthropocene and it’s effect on our planet, simply because I haven’t looked into plastic or pollution individually but an area of Anthropocene as a whole. Telling the untold story of how we as humans have impacted the world around us, without even noticing. Often we have had good reasons to change a natural landscape whether it be farming so we don’t have to import so much food or housing and roads so we can access the island as a whole and reduce any over population in St Helier. My photos have also taken a dramatic editing style as well often not seen in photos around the Anthropocene as they are often kept natural so people can see it truly as it is. However I used the fact many people know the area well and overlook the differences, to my advantage, by covering the human impacted areas with blocks of colour it doesn’t just give a visual impact for the viewer but separates what they normally see with what they normally see that is human creation.