The article explores the evolution of photorealism from the 1970s to the present, highlighting the advent of generative AI tools like DALL-E and Midjourney. Despite initial skepticism about AI-generated art, the author discusses the work of Costa Rican artist Matias Sauter Morera, who successfully sold an AI-generated image to the Getty Museum. Sauter Morera's meticulous creative process—incorporating multiple AI models and months of effort—bridges the gap between traditional photorealism and modern AI art. This raises questions about the nature of 'photographs' in the museum context and the validity of AI-generated works as art.
Thanks to generative AI tools such as DALL-E and Midjourney, which can turn a written prompt into a photo-like image in seconds, we now live in an era of point-and-click photorealism.
Sauter Morera's process involves multiple AI models, Photoshop, and months of labor; though he emphasizes that the results are not photos, they clearly benefit from his photographer's eye.
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