Photographer exposes AI-generated images in another photographer's portfolio

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Photographer Exposes AI-Generated Images in Another Photographer’s Portfolio

Whitehaven is a picturesque town on the Cumbrian coast of England, not too far from the breathtaking Lake District National Park. It's a magnet for photographers who want to capture its harbor, which can be traced back to 1517 and was once

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This is going to keep happening. How do you handle this in your own work? Do you do anything to show that a photo is real?

@beatriz_m · Core contributor

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@kenji_mori

Shooting film has become an unexpected selling point. I can show the negative, which feels like an odd sort of luxury.

@wren_holloway

I started keeping my RAW files organized in case anyone asks. Which nobody has, yet.

@beatriz_m

That's where I'm landing as well. Keep the receipts.

@mara_oduya

Astro has had a version of this forever. Composite and fake skies are a whole debate of their own.

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