Maria Mavropoulou

Workshop

05 – 09 June 2025
Berlin, Germany

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WORKSHOP

 

Photography through the lens of AI

Description

The workshop titled “Photography through the Lens of Artificial Intelligence,” explores the intersection of photography and AI and it contrasts the two ways of looking- AI as a lens to look inwards, Photography as  a lens to look outwards. It begins with a brief historic overview of the co-relation and co-evolution of images and words. The workshop highlights the emergence of AI text-to-image generators, notably mentioning early contributors, hidden human labor in the process of building AI, like data labeling, the proliferation of bias in datasets and more. It focuses into the integration of AI in artistic creation, offering new perspectives and discussing its implications for artistic authenticity, ethical considerations, but also how AI-generated images might disrupt or not ideas about truth. The workshop also ponders the future role of AI in art as both a tool and a collaborator as well as it’s impact on photography’s various genres, emphasizing fine art, architectural, photojournalism, and commercial photography. Practical exercises include using text-to-image generators for creative exploration and attempting to recreate photographs through AI, emphasizing the variance in results across different platforms and the significance of prompt engineering.

Objectives

Photography through the lens of AI” is a workshop designed to equip participants with an understanding of AI’s impact on the field. Attendees will explore the history of visual communication, learn about AI technologies like neural networks and GANs, and apply AI tools in practical photo editing sessions. The workshop will cover ethical considerations in using AI, enhance creative and technical skills through hands-on exercises, and prepare them for future trends in AI-driven photography. By the end, participants will be ready to innovatively and ethically integrate AI tools in their  projects.

Maria Mavropoulou was born in 1989, she lives and works in Athens, Greece. She is a visual artist using mainly photography while her work expands to new forms of photographic images, such as VR and screen-captured images, GAN and AI-generated images. Her work and research focus on the new realities created by the connectible devices and the contradictions between the physical and the virtual spaces that we inhabit, addressing issues of technological mediation. By using the most novel technology available to her, she creates work that reflects on the new ways images are produced today. Her work explores digital identity and representation in the post-social media era, algorithmic bias, network culture, power politics between machines and humans, and the multidimensionality of our experiences in our always-online world.  Her recent projects correlate creativity and AI with the divine as well as reflect on the future of photography amidst the advances of synthetic images.

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Workshop
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Participants

12

Deadline

01 May 2025

Earlybird price

€650 / 01 April

Normal price

€750
Fees can be paid in two installments
This price is for the workshop only, not accommodation
In order to apply for the workshop you can either send an email or fill in the following form and we will contact you. For more information about the workshop contact info@artfotomode.com Via email To submit your work you can send an email to: info@artfotomode.com, including a short C.V, a statement and a pdf file containing up to 15 images of your work. Via application form To submit your work you can fill in the following form and attach a zip folder including a short C.V, a statement and a pdf file containing up to 15 images of your work.

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