AI photoreporting in the 90 miles project

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-1507.v29i01p151-164

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence, Photojournalism, Technical Image, Post-photography

Abstract

The text presents the 90 miles project, produced by the photojournalist Michael Christopher Brown, which features photographs created using Midjourney, an Artificial Intelligence image generator that has gained prominence today. Since these images are characterized by the photographer himself as an experiment in post-photographic production, and considering the fact that their construction took place without the confrontation between the camera and the factual events represented in the images, this text discuss the feasibility of framing the project as a photoreporting in tune with the reality of image production and circulation in contemporary times.

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Author Biography

  • Wagner Souza e Silva, Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Comunicações e Artes

    Doutor em Ciências da Comunicação. Docente do Departamento de Jornalismo e Editoração (CJE - USP) e do PPGCOM (ECA - USP).

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Published

27-02-2024

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 01 (2024): Jornalismo Popular e Alternativo

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SILVA, Wagner Souza e. AI photoreporting in the 90 miles project. Alterjor Journal, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 29, n. 01, p. 151–164, 2024. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2176-1507.v29i01p151-164. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/alterjor/article/view/219150. Acesso em: 11 apr. 2026.