Future image maker

Tom Blachford is an architecture and fine art photographer. Having established a name with his distinctive style of photography, he has recently become a leader in generative AI image-making. He has created a special series of kitchen and bathroom images just for Habitus. Here, he opens up about his process and thoughts about the future direction of AI and design.

ALEESHA CALLAHAN

Tell us about your first forays into generative AI image-making? I first logged into Mid Journey in July 2022. Immediately after I also began researching other available algorithms and experimented with Disco Diffusion and Stable Diffusion, running them locally on my PC but with lacklustre results. More generally I have been following earlier generative image AI possibilities for around three years including models that could match style or generate images of a single subject such as thispersondoesnotexist.com. I really had no idea it would get to the point it has, as quickly as it has. The current iterations strike me as nothing short of sorcery. It’s a really wild thing to wrap your head around. What have you learnt along the way? I have learnt so much – not only…

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