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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Alex Hern UK technology editor

Photographer takes on the machines in AI competition – and wins

A flamingo with head buried in feathers, standing on a white beach.
‘I deliberately chose a picture that is so surreal, to the point of unbelievable, that it could easily be attributed to AI being at play,’ Miles Astray said of his winning photo. Photograph: Miles Astray

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.

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