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Photographer Charlie Engman’s Midjourney Images Expand His Subjects’ Point Of View

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Brooklyn-based photographer and artist Charlie Engman is leveraging Midjourney’s lack of physical constraints to create hundreds of machine-generated images in a day, embracing the platform’s quirks and the way it provides additional layers of complexity to his work. Engman, formerly known for thought-provoking imagery of his mother, is using the technology to create something that feels both alien and fresh. Read about his explorations and …

Via The New Yorker

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BMW’s New Shooting Brake Concept

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BMW has revealed the Concept Touring Coupé, a delightful two-seater, at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2023. A one-off production, the vehicle is designed in the tradition of classic BMW models, with the ‘shooting brake’ concept revisited for today. It sits on 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels which further accentuate the sculpted rear end. The interior features Italian-crafted leather from Poltrona Frau and a …

Via Road and Track

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The Latest Celebration of Craft and Code Brings Quilts to the Blockchain

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Inspired by the quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama the generative artist Anna Lucia has coded a new body of generative work that will release on the Arsnl NFT platform alongside the sale of a collection of handmade quilts. “Generations” is a 500 piece collection of bright, geometric, timeless art born from Lucia’s study of the quilters’ distinct style. Refraction DAO’s Greg Liburd, an organizer of …

Via Artnet

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