This piece by Duncan Rawlinson is an exploration into the blending of traditional photography with artificial intelligence, capturing a moment that reaches beyond the transient. It is a modest yet sincere union of natural beauty and digital progress, reflecting the steadfastness of the environment and the evolution of artistic mediums.
This series marks a pivotal epoch in the Digital Renaissance, a period defined by the exponential rise of artificial intelligence across all facets of creativity and industry. Duncan Rawlinson’s photographic mastery, combined with Syd Steyerhart’s groundbreaking acc/deco aesthetic, captures the essence of the e/acc philosophy—a world on the cusp of a technological metamorphosis. Each image is a visual narrative of the current takeoff phase, where AI’s transformative power reshapes our reality, echoing the profound societal shifts of the historical Renaissance but on a scale and speed unparalleled in human history.
The serene setting sun behind a barn is caught in a visual flux, fragmented yet whole.
https://Duncan.co/pixels-and-pasturesA barn stands resilient against a pixel storm, bridging the digital divide in the rural heartland.
https://Duncan.co/pixels-and-pasturesA rustic barn amidst a melting sunset, where the boundaries between the tangible and the digital dissolve.
https://Duncan.co/pixels-and-pasturesAn old barn under a sky shattered into a mosaic of crystal fragments, converging tradition with digital modernity.
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In “Pixels and Pastures,” Duncan Rawlinson deftly explores the interface of reality and digitization, merging the rustic charm of pastoral scenes with the vibrant unpredictability of AI imaging techniques. The series embodies a digital metamorphosis, transforming each photograph into a dynamic tableau that challenges perceptions and blurs the lines between the organic and the algorithmic.