Publicly broadcasting genealogical quackery
Over the last two years, the government-funded Crown corporation CBC has ramped up enforcement of a narrowed definition of Indigenous with a clever use of non-Indigenous reporters, lateral violence and arguments founded in Eugenics.
TRIGGER WARNING. Topics include: mental health, systemic racism, sexism, antisemitism, genocide and white supremacy.
As someone who has documented cultural exchange programs with First Nation communities, trained as an expert witness, and who collaborates on international forensic identification projects, I made every effort to make the CBC aware of the hostile nature of recent articles regarding Indigenous identity. …
Fifty cartoons reimagined as realistic portraits with the help of neural-networks.
Using Artbreeder and Photoshop I’ve created fifty fake school photos. The portraits and clothing are inspired by obscure, split-second references as well as flashbacks / flashforward / dream sequences in 90s cartoons.
All characters are aged as if they were late High School/ University.
Restoring Mona Lisa with Neural Networks
I combined three paintings of Lisa Gherardini, one famous (Louvre Mona Lisa) and two lesser known (Prado Mona Lisa and Isleworth Mona Lisa) to create a photorealistic synthetic composite.
Neural-Network assisted reconstruction of bust and post-autopsy photo for Tamam Shud case
WARNING: The end of this article contains images of a deceased man. There will a second warning at the bottom of this article.
Using Photoshop and the neural-net tool Artbreeder I have created a digital reconstruction of Somerton man as he might have appeared in the weeks before his death in 1948.
RE IMAGE RIGHTS: You may republish the reconstructions as long as the watermark is not removed or obscured. CC-BY-ND-4.0
The image restoration was guided by research and notes by University of Adelaide Professor Derek Abbott introduced to me by cold case forensic genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick.
Notes on appearance…
235–285: Gordian dynasty and Crisis of the Third Century
Using the neural-net tool Artbreeder, Photoshop and historical references, I have created photoreal depictions of Roman Emperors. Scroll down to see each emperor.
- Introduction
- [Pt I] 27 BC–68 AD: Julio-Claudian dynasty
- [Pt II] 68–96: Year of the Four Emperors and Flavian dynasty
- [Pt III] 96–192: Nerva–Antonine dynasty
- →[Pt IV] 235–285: Gordian dynasty and Crisis of the Third Century
ON CREATIVE COMMONS & COPYRIGHT: Faces can be shared non-watermarked at 200 pixels max height OR 512 pixels with the digital mosaic watermark with Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. Please link back to this page. Continuation of this project depends on prints, licensing and commissions.
96–192: The Nerva–Antonine dynasty
Using the neural-net tool Artbreeder, Photoshop and historical references, I have created photoreal depictions of Roman Emperors. Scroll down to see each emperor.
- Introduction
- [Pt I] 27 BC–68 AD: Julio-Claudian dynasty
- [Pt II] 68–96: Year of the Four Emperors and Flavian dynasty
- →[Pt III] 96–192: Nerva–Antonine dynasty
- [Pt IV] 235–285: Gordian dynasty and Crisis of the Third Century
ON CREATIVE COMMONS & COPYRIGHT: Faces can be shared non-watermarked at 200 pixels max height OR 512 pixels with the digital mosaic watermark with Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. Please link back to this page. Continuation of this project depends on prints, licensing and commissions.
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68–96: Year of the Four Emperors and Flavian dynasty
Using the neural-net tool Artbreeder, Photoshop and historical references, I have created photoreal depictions of Roman Emperors. Scroll down to see each emperor.
- Introduction
- [Pt I] 27 BC–68 AD: Julio-Claudian dynasty
- →[Pt II] 68–96: Year of the Four Emperors and Flavian dynasty
- [Pt III] 96–192: Nerva–Antonine dynasty
- [Pt IV] 235–285: Gordian dynasty and Crisis of the Third Century
ON CREATIVE COMMONS & COPYRIGHT: Faces can be shared non-watermarked at 200 pixels max height OR 512 pixels with the digital mosaic watermark with Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. Please link back to this page. Continuation of this project depends on prints, licensing and commissions.
27 BC–68 AD: The Julio-Claudian dynasty
Using the neural-net tool Artbreeder, Photoshop and historical references, I have created photoreal depictions of Roman Emperors. Scroll down to see each emperor.
- Introduction
- →[Pt I] 27 BC–68 AD: Julio-Claudian dynasty
- [Pt II] 68–96: Year of the Four Emperors and Flavian dynasty
- [Pt III] 96–192: Nerva–Antonine dynasty
- [Pt IV] 235–285: Gordian dynasty and Crisis of the Third Century
ON CREATIVE COMMONS & COPYRIGHT: Faces can be shared Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike at 200 pixels max height for non-watermarked OR 512 pixels with the digital mosaic watermark. Please link back to this page. Continuation of this project depends on prints, licensing and commissions.
54 Machine-learning assisted portraits
Using the neural-net tool Artbreeder, Photoshop and historical references, I have created photoreal portraits of Roman Emperors. For this project, I have transformed, or restored (cracks, noses, ears etc.) 800 images of busts to make the 54 emperors of The Principate (27 BC to 285 AD).
Update Sept 10th: New print available here (version 2) in a choice of languages. (Version 1: Gold / red marble, limited edition print sold out)
Stabilized, HD source video show officer spat towards road — not ‘on the grass’ and not directly on the detainee.
BRIEF NOTE ON BIAS: I am Canadian and I have been offering my video expertise to Black Lives Matter protesters. I support the 1st amendment. I am against fascism. I have, likely due to privilege, only had neutral or positive interactions with street-level law enforcement.
Nobody should be spitting near anyone in a pandemic. The officer is not wearing a mask and is not following the CDC’s 6ft social distancing guideline. What my analysis seeks to answer: did the officer spit directly on the detainee?
- 1st Angle: No
- 2nd Angle: No
- 3rd Angle: Original file not yet acquired
1st Angle
Daniel Voshart
Design | Cinematography | Criticism
