Augmented Unreality

The photographic project "Augmented Unreality" explores the concept of beauty and its implications in the age of artificial intelligence. In a world increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence, the definition of beauty risks becoming more standardized, thus losing its richness and diversity. Technology tends to create and perpetuate uniform aesthetic models, based on algorithms fed by often limited and partial data. Authentic beauty is much deeper. It is not just what appears externally but is influenced by our personal experiences, memories, and cultural influences. In my creative process, I use artificial intelligence to generate images that respond to a specific creative input. Once conceived, these images are printed on paper and placed by me in the physical space of my studio to be captured, together with real models, by my camera lens. Augmented Unreality" is not just an artistic exercise but also a reflection on the importance of preserving an inclusive and diverse vision of beauty. In an era where technology has the power to redefine our aesthetic standards, it is essential that these new definitions are inclusive and representative of human variety.