Photographer takes on the machines in AI competition

Miles Astray subverts trend of artificial pictures muscling in on human photography, but is disqualified

Ever since the advent of generative AI, the age-old battle of man v machine has been looking decidedly one-sided. But one photographer, intent on making the case for pictures captured with the human eye, has taken the fight to his algorithm-powered rivals – and won.

Miles Astray subverted the idea of artificially generated pictures muscling in on human photography awards by submitting his own human-made image, Flamingone, to the AI category in a prestigious competition.