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It's not you

2026

This work explores the transformation of the human face through processes of image optimization using artificial intelligence. Starting from close-up portraits, each image is repeatedly subjected to noise reduction algorithms, sharpening, lighting correction, color temperature adjustment, and facial restoration. The repetition of this process generates a progressive drift, producing an image that no longer corresponds to the original person.

The project questions a deeply ingrained behavior in contemporary visual culture: the constant desire to optimize one's own image, to appear a certain way. In this context, the work presents a paradox: the more one seeks to perfect an image, the further it moves away from what it represents. Algorithmic optimization ultimately becomes a form of identity erasure.

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Each person is identified by a letter, while the numbers indicate the iterations applied to the original image. This nomenclature emphasises the sequential and cumulative nature of the work, positioning each image as part of a progression in which algorithmic repetition produces a gradual transformation of the face.

Technical specifications

  • Support: 310 g/m² Matte Fine Art photographic paper on Dibond aluminum
  • Image dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
  • Panel dimensions: 208 x 166 cm
  • Installation: 20 images arranged in a grid with a separation of 2 cm
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