A tale of two photos.
Some images can tell remarkable human stories.
Some tell no stories at all.
This is the line we mark.
Here's how creators stand on the human side of it.
The story of a woman, a mother, a survivor. Lange photographed Florence in a pea-pickers' camp during the Great Depression.
PHOTOGRAPHER | Dorothea Lange
SUBJECT | Florence Owens Thompson
This picture captures a real moment in history.
An image of a "woman" who never existed.
ARTIST | Boris Eldagsen and AI
SUBJECT | None
This AI-generated image won the Sony World Photography contest in 2023.
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