
Bernd Arnold
Studium der Fotografie an der Fachhochschule Dortmund. 1990 Abschluss mit der Bildserie über das Kölner Halbwelt-Milieu. Kontinuierliche Arbeit zu Aspekten der deutschen Gesellschaft mit den Schwerpunkten Religion, Politik, Halbwelt, Medien und Wirtschaftswelt. Buchveröffentlichungen u.a.: Das Kölner Heil (1997), Wahl Kampf Ritual (2013), Die Welt der Neuen Bilder (2023).
Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh), der Deutschen Fotografischen Akademie (DFA) und von VISUM (Agentur für Fotografie).
Address: Köln, Deutschland
Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh), der Deutschen Fotografischen Akademie (DFA) und von VISUM (Agentur für Fotografie).
Address: Köln, Deutschland
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The World of New Images: Documentary photography and AI Artificial intelligence creates completely new possibilities in the creation of images. For the first time, all the imaging techniques of art history have been brought together in a single tool that can be used by any computer user without any special expertise. A discussion about these issues is overdue, considering that trust in the authenticity of photographs has helped shape human history for almost 200 years. Images can be created that look like photographs but are not. What does this mean for photography in general and documentary photography in particular?
They can be used to create images that look like photographs but are not. What does this mean for photography in general and documentary photography in particular? A discussion about these questions is overdue, considering that trust in the authenticity of photographs has helped shape human history for almost 200 years.
Bernd Arnold (author and photographer) is convinced that we will enter a New World when authentic photos and AI-generated photographic imitations compete with each other in forming our view of the world and history. In three essays, he analyzes the technological and perceptual history of photography, explains the new and innovative nature of AI and looks at the future role of documentary photography and its producers. For the phenomenon of photographic imitations, he introduces the term “dichography”, which describes a parallel universe of fictional reality that will soon be indistinguishable from the photographic light traces of pastreality.