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90 Miles is a post-photography AI reporting illustration experiment, curated by @blockbird, exploring historical events and realities of Cuban life that have, since 1961, motivated Cubans to cross the 90 miles of ocean separating Havana from Florida.
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Photographer Michael Christopher Brown joined us this week to discuss his upcoming project The Difference Between Bullets and Stones, uniting his photography of the West Bank with poetry of @MosabAbuToha from Gaza.
Watch in full and read key takeaways: reutersinstitute.politics.ox…
Thank you @jesusdoteth !!!
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90 Miles by @punk4803 and @blockbird
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Every day for the last 4 weeks I've shared a piece from an overlooked AI postphoto collection. People loved it so I thought I’d follow up with a post.
"90 Miles is a post-photography, A.I. reportage illustration experiment by MCB, curated by Blockbird, exploring historical events and realities of Cuban life that have, since 1961, motivated Cubans to cross the 90 miles of ocean separating Havana from Florida."
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3 notable things about this collection:
1/ The ambition
MCB wasn’t around in 1961 but always wanted to interview people who were there.
Instead of inventing an alternate history stylised as retro futurism, he used AI to recreate the events of the Cuban Exodus. Obviously, I wasn’t there either but the pieces feel honest and true to life.
2/ The storytelling
MCB is an amazing photographer, so he does a great job of recreating the “man on the ground” photojournalism feel with AI.
Personally, I love the way he captures the despair and desperation of Havana, the determination and tragedy of the crossing and then the sense of hope and relief arriving in Miami, Florida.
2/ The aesthetic
If you look at early AI art from Kevin Abosch and Pete Burkeet there’s like a ‘OG stable diffusion’ aesthetic which is already feels nostalgic.
90 Miles has this too since it was released April 2023 on the 62nd Anniversary of the Cuban Exodus.
The crazy thing is I only own 2 pieces from the whole collection but I’m gassed on it and want more people to realise how overlooked it is.
Here’s some of my faves & link to collection at the end ↓
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Hear hear, 90 Miles one of my favourites.
Gorgeous to look at, oddly troubling, photographer’s eye @punk4803 is the key.
Every day for the last 4 weeks I've shared a piece from an overlooked AI postphoto collection. People loved it so I thought I’d follow up with a post.
"90 Miles is a post-photography, A.I. reportage illustration experiment by MCB, curated by Blockbird, exploring historical events and realities of Cuban life that have, since 1961, motivated Cubans to cross the 90 miles of ocean separating Havana from Florida."
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3 notable things about this collection:
1/ The ambition
MCB wasn’t around in 1961 but always wanted to interview people who were there.
Instead of inventing an alternate history stylised as retro futurism, he used AI to recreate the events of the Cuban Exodus. Obviously, I wasn’t there either but the pieces feel honest and true to life.
2/ The storytelling
MCB is an amazing photographer, so he does a great job of recreating the “man on the ground” photojournalism feel with AI.
Personally, I love the way he captures the despair and desperation of Havana, the determination and tragedy of the crossing and then the sense of hope and relief arriving in Miami, Florida.
2/ The aesthetic
If you look at early AI art from Kevin Abosch and Pete Burkeet there’s like a ‘OG stable diffusion’ aesthetic which is already feels nostalgic.
90 Miles has this too since it was released April 2023 on the 62nd Anniversary of the Cuban Exodus.
The crazy thing is I only own 2 pieces from the whole collection but I’m gassed on it and want more people to realise how overlooked it is.
Here’s some of my faves & link to collection at the end ↓
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We're thrilled to welcome Michael Christopher Brown as our 3rd Click Photojournalism Fellow! 📸✨
Discover his incredible journey and insights into visual storytelling.
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jm everyone 🤍
jane goodall, captured by my man @punk4803, july 2014, lake tanganyika, tanzania
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yeah we've def discussed this a bunch. you can certainly reimagine, or recreate documentary scenes with artificial figures that at least convey the essence. but agreed, it's hard to imagine replacing a true photograph in terms of the intensity of empathy created. 90 miles by @punk4803 is our early attempt at exploring this
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just a reminder that 90 miles, the first AI reporting project, is not yet minted out at airlab.co
@punk4803 has since been featured by many leading media publications inc @nytimes @PHOTO_Magazine @BlindMagazine @voguemagazine @petapixel etc
more info below... 1/8 📸🇨🇺🤖
had a smooth loan onboarding experience with @SignoreGondi and love what he is doing at @gondixyz highly recommend 👑
Despite a massive Alien Punk sale, CryptoPunks' floor is down 20% in the last 30 days. 47.5 ETH -> 36.89 ETH. People seem worried about Punk loans. There are only 2 things that matter:
1) How many loans are liquidated automatically
2) How many fixed term loans are due in the next 30 days and are underwater.
-> These two things create sell pressure. Here’s a breakdown of loans across different protocols as of 4/24/24:
• Gondi 110 punks - no oracle
• Arcade 42 punks - no oracle
• NFTfi 126 punks - no oracle
• BendDAO 56 punks - YES oracle
• MetaStreet 87 punks - no oracle
• JPEG 145 punks - Yes oracle
• Blend 20 punks - no oracle but callable by lenders
• Zharta 2 punks - no oracle
Total: 588 loans.
Only ~201 loans can get liquidated by oracle. However, many of these loans have safe LTVs meaning that only a small number could get liquidated at around 33 ETH Floor.
Analyzing soon to expire fixed-term loans is tricky as the value of each punk is subjective. Some loans have a 42 ETH principal but those are arguably non-floor punks. It will be interesting to see how it plays out and if borrowers choose to repay or not.
In both cases, a default/liquidation also doesn’t mean that the new owner will sell or that they will sell below the floor.
Maybe next $10+ million dollar purchase on Punks will be a sweep instead of an Alien Punk!
