Ansel Adams Trust slams AI-colorized "Moonrise" [View all]

https://hyperallergic.com/ansel-adams-trust-decries-dealers-sale-of-photo-colorized-using-ai/

"The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust has lambasted New York City gallerist Peter Danziger for offering AI-colorized editions of one of the late artist’s most recognized photos for sale at an art fair last month. In a recent online statement, the Trust said Danziger never notified them of his use of the photo, adding that it “exploited Ansel’s name, reputation, and his most iconic image.”

The gallerist pushed back against the Trust in a public statement yesterday, May 25, asserting that he “had every right to create a new and transformative artwork” because Adams’s black-and-white photo, “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico” (1941), was in the public domain.

Danziger, whose namesake gallery had a booth at The Photography Show presented by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) last April, exhibited an AI-generated image he fashioned using the following prompt: “Make a realistic color version of Ansel Adams’ iconic ‘Moonrise Over Hernandez.’” The untitled image was accompanied by a wall text disclosing the AI prompt and was displayed alongside new work by Hoda Afshar and Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, as well as pieces by Seydou Keïta, Matthew Porter, and Tod Papageorge.

Danziger had the image printed in editions of 10 in three different sizes for sale at the fair. The gallerist declined to disclose to Hyperallergic the number of prints sold, if any, or the asking prices."....(more)