Post Photographic Perspectives

In late 2022, our curatorial team observed a shift occurring within AI-generated images, signaling a turning point in how these images could problematize our understanding of photography. We recognized this as an opportunity to expand our curatorial approach and to introduce into our ecosystem a group of artists who were at the cutting edge of the medium, both formally and conceptually. PPP1 became the starting point for what would eventually evolve into the Daily Program and our broader explorations into the history of AI. The notion of the "post-photographic" provided an opportunity to examine one of the most significant shifts in art-making in decades: the use of natural language to create images. Two years later, text-to-image generation has become embedded in all major apps we interact with daily. Art and visual culture will never be the same again.