Originally printed and physically distributed, this analog zine interrogates how generative AI illuminates photography’s already fraught relationship with truth and representation. Drawing on semiotics, each page juxtaposes original 35mm film photographs (shot on a Canon AE-1 with Cinestill 800T) with subtly AI-manipulated versions created through Adobe Firefly, alongside quotes from Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes. The work uses juxtaposition as a semiotic system where meaning emerges through relation and difference rather than inherent content. By presenting AI-generated images in a tactile, analog format, the project blurs boundaries between digital and analog systems, challenging assumptions about photographic authenticity. Rather than treating generative AI as a radical break from photography’s past, the zine positions it as a continuation of the medium’s ongoing negotiation with questions of truth, memory, and constructed reality.
Michael Hoye 