AI & The Post-Photography Era

​Michael Christopher Brown is an American photographer known for his documentation of the 2011 Libyan Civil War and the resulting monograph, Libyan Sugar.

​Publications have long used reportage illustrations (RI) to illuminate stories in fresh ways. Though a RI may not reflect reality, it may feel true. AIRI (AI generated RI) may go a step further, as an image created from hundreds of millions of photographs may feel not only true, but real. 

​A.I may reflect a novel way to translate narratives into useful imagery connecting people with important stories of our time, it may also blur what is real, what is true, what is reportage, what can be trusted and believed, and what can not.

​Michael Christopher Brown
Michael Christopher Brown (MCB) is an American photographer and artist. Raised in the Skagit Valley, a farming community in Washington State, he became known for his extensive use of an iPhone as a primary reporting device, including during the 2011 Libyan Revolution. This documentation led to the monograph Libyan Sugar (2016), which won the Paris Photo Book Award and the ICP Infinity Award. A National Geographic Photographer since 2004 and a former associate photographer with Magnum Photos, he was the main character of the Michael Mann directed HBO documentary Witness: Libya and a contributing cinematographer to several conflict based documentaries, including Hondros, Which way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington, This is Congo and others. In 2018, Damiani published his book Yo Soy Fidel, a week long journey documenting the cortège of Fidel Castro. In 2023, Twin Palms will publish Ondas, on youth in the Cuban electronic music scene. MCB is the creator of 90 Miles and has exhibited in museums, galleries and exhibitions around the world. He lives in Los Angeles and is father to a beautiful four year old daughter, Poppy.

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