https://mt-zeng.com/ https://mt-zeng.com/publications/ https://mt-zeng.com/art/photography-semanticization/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/semanticization-of-photography-chinese-photography-spread.png Semanticization of Photography in Chinese Photography Published Chinese Photography spread for Semanticization of Photography: Algorithmic Visibility, Query-Based Seeing, and the Perceptual Boundaries of Generated Images, showing the article title, dense Chinese critique text, and an ImageNet Roulette figure. https://mt-zeng.com/art/generative-image-authorship/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/writing/generative-image-authorship/img2.webp Authorship in Generative Image Art: Perspectives from Distributed Cognition and the Agent Harness Generative images increasingly take shape through workflows involving models, tools, platforms, and multiple collaborators; a particular output may be only one stage in an ongoing process. Drawing on distributed cognition and the concept of the agent harness, this paper examines five cases to locate how creators intervene in the formation of works. It asks who arranges the conditions under which images are generated, revised, and displayed, and what responsibility creators bear for the consequences. In the context of photography theory, it shifts the question of authorship beyond attribution of a single image. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/writing/generative-image-authorship/img3.webp Authorship in Generative Image Art: Perspectives from Distributed Cognition and the Agent Harness Generative images increasingly take shape through workflows involving models, tools, platforms, and multiple collaborators; a particular output may be only one stage in an ongoing process. Drawing on distributed cognition and the concept of the agent harness, this paper examines five cases to locate how creators intervene in the formation of works. It asks who arranges the conditions under which images are generated, revised, and displayed, and what responsibility creators bear for the consequences. In the context of photography theory, it shifts the question of authorship beyond attribution of a single image. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/writing/generative-image-authorship/img4.avif Authorship in Generative Image Art: Perspectives from Distributed Cognition and the Agent Harness Generative images increasingly take shape through workflows involving models, tools, platforms, and multiple collaborators; a particular output may be only one stage in an ongoing process. Drawing on distributed cognition and the concept of the agent harness, this paper examines five cases to locate how creators intervene in the formation of works. It asks who arranges the conditions under which images are generated, revised, and displayed, and what responsibility creators bear for the consequences. In the context of photography theory, it shifts the question of authorship beyond attribution of a single image. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/writing/generative-image-authorship/aaina-project-image.webp Authorship in Generative Image Art: Perspectives from Distributed Cognition and the Agent Harness Generative images increasingly take shape through workflows involving models, tools, platforms, and multiple collaborators; a particular output may be only one stage in an ongoing process. Drawing on distributed cognition and the concept of the agent harness, this paper examines five cases to locate how creators intervene in the formation of works. It asks who arranges the conditions under which images are generated, revised, and displayed, and what responsibility creators bear for the consequences. In the context of photography theory, it shifts the question of authorship beyond attribution of a single image. https://mt-zeng.com/art/america-polarizingly-united/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-installation-01.png America: Polarizingly United — installation rendering Installation rendering of America: Polarizingly United, showing the central diptych and seven supporting prints across a single gallery wall. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-03.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 02 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-04.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 03 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-02.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 04 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-05.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 05 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-06.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 06 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-07.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 07 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-08.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 08 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-09.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 09 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-01.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 10 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/art/dream-together/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-installation-01.png Dream Together — installation rendering Installation rendering of Dream Together as a continuous eighteen-print photographic frieze. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-01.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 2 Dream Together — urban street photograph 2. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-05.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 3 Dream Together — urban street photograph 3. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-04.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 4 Dream Together — urban street photograph 4. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-02.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 5 Dream Together — urban street photograph 5. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-06.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 6 Dream Together — urban street photograph 6. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-03.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 7 Dream Together — urban street photograph 7. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-07.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 8 Dream Together — urban street photograph 8. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-08.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 9 Dream Together — urban street photograph 9. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-09.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 10 Dream Together — urban street photograph 10. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-10.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 11 Dream Together — urban street photograph 11. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-11.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 12 Dream Together — urban street photograph 12. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-12.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 13 Dream Together — urban street photograph 13. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-18.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 14 Dream Together — urban street photograph 14. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-13.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 15 Dream Together — urban street photograph 15. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-14.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 16 Dream Together — urban street photograph 16. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-15.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 17 Dream Together — urban street photograph 17. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-16.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 18 Dream Together — urban street photograph 18. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-17.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 19 Dream Together — urban street photograph 19. https://mt-zeng.com/art/the-way-we-played/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-installation-01.png The Way We Played — installation rendering Installation rendering of The Way We Played, with thirty photographs and a CRT video arranged across two gallery walls. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-21.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 02 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-22.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 03 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-28.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 04 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-15.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 05 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-24.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 06 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-10.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 07 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-13.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 08 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-26.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 09 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-11.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 10 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-23.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 11 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-12.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 12 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-20.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 13 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-06.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 14 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-30.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 15 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-09.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 16 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-02.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 17 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-04.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 18 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-05.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 19 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-07.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 20 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-17.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 21 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-19.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 22 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-01.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 23 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-25.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 24 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-03.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 25 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-08.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 26 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-18.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 27 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-29.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 28 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-27.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 29 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-16.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 30 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-14.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 31 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/art/the-honest-photographer/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-installation-still.png The Honest Photographer — installation view: still image The framed AI-generated still faces the central evidence table; one tabletop studio monitor remains in the foreground. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-installation-table.png The Honest Photographer — installation view: evidence table Raised near-overhead view of loose, overlapping process documents and two asymmetrically placed tabletop studio monitors. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-installation-projection.png The Honest Photographer — installation view: moving image The larger moving-image projection faces the evidence table, whose edge and one monitor remain in the foreground. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-01.jpg The Honest Photographer — installation view Installation view of The Honest Photographer, combining AI-generated images, printed conversations, and a podcast-based listening component. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-02.jpg The Honest Photographer — installation panel 05 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-06.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 06 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-07.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 07 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-08.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 08 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-09.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 09 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-10.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 10 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-11.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 11 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-14.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 12 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-12.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 13 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-13.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 14 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-03.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 15 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-16.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 16 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-15.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 17 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-18.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 18 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-05.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 19 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-04.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 20 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-17.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 21 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-20.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 22 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-19.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 23 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/art/are-you-sure/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/are-you-sure-installation-01.png Are You Sure? — installation rendering Installation rendering of Are You Sure?, showing an LED lightbox between a pair of mini studio monitor speakers. https://mt-zeng.com/art/ai-art-is-not-art/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/ai-art-is-not-art-cover.png AI Art Is (Not) Art — installation image 1 AI Art Is (Not) Art — installation image 1. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/ai-art-is-not-art-installation-01.png AI Art Is (Not) Art — installation image 2 AI Art Is (Not) Art — installation image 2. https://mt-zeng.com/contact/ https://mt-zeng.com/zh/ https://mt-zeng.com/zh/publications/ https://mt-zeng.com/zh/art/photography-semanticization/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/semanticization-of-photography-chinese-photography-spread.png Semanticization of Photography in Chinese Photography Published Chinese Photography spread for Semanticization of Photography: Algorithmic Visibility, Query-Based Seeing, and the Perceptual Boundaries of Generated Images, showing the article title, dense Chinese critique text, and an ImageNet Roulette figure. https://mt-zeng.com/zh/art/generative-image-authorship/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/writing/generative-image-authorship/img2.webp Authorship in Generative Image Art: Perspectives from Distributed Cognition and the Agent Harness Generative images increasingly take shape through workflows involving models, tools, platforms, and multiple collaborators; a particular output may be only one stage in an ongoing process. Drawing on distributed cognition and the concept of the agent harness, this paper examines five cases to locate how creators intervene in the formation of works. It asks who arranges the conditions under which images are generated, revised, and displayed, and what responsibility creators bear for the consequences. In the context of photography theory, it shifts the question of authorship beyond attribution of a single image. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/writing/generative-image-authorship/img3.webp Authorship in Generative Image Art: Perspectives from Distributed Cognition and the Agent Harness Generative images increasingly take shape through workflows involving models, tools, platforms, and multiple collaborators; a particular output may be only one stage in an ongoing process. Drawing on distributed cognition and the concept of the agent harness, this paper examines five cases to locate how creators intervene in the formation of works. It asks who arranges the conditions under which images are generated, revised, and displayed, and what responsibility creators bear for the consequences. In the context of photography theory, it shifts the question of authorship beyond attribution of a single image. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/writing/generative-image-authorship/img4.avif Authorship in Generative Image Art: Perspectives from Distributed Cognition and the Agent Harness Generative images increasingly take shape through workflows involving models, tools, platforms, and multiple collaborators; a particular output may be only one stage in an ongoing process. Drawing on distributed cognition and the concept of the agent harness, this paper examines five cases to locate how creators intervene in the formation of works. It asks who arranges the conditions under which images are generated, revised, and displayed, and what responsibility creators bear for the consequences. In the context of photography theory, it shifts the question of authorship beyond attribution of a single image. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/writing/generative-image-authorship/aaina-project-image.webp Authorship in Generative Image Art: Perspectives from Distributed Cognition and the Agent Harness Generative images increasingly take shape through workflows involving models, tools, platforms, and multiple collaborators; a particular output may be only one stage in an ongoing process. Drawing on distributed cognition and the concept of the agent harness, this paper examines five cases to locate how creators intervene in the formation of works. It asks who arranges the conditions under which images are generated, revised, and displayed, and what responsibility creators bear for the consequences. In the context of photography theory, it shifts the question of authorship beyond attribution of a single image. https://mt-zeng.com/zh/art/america-polarizingly-united/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-installation-01.png America: Polarizingly United — installation rendering Installation rendering of America: Polarizingly United, showing the central diptych and seven supporting prints across a single gallery wall. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-03.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 02 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-04.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 03 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-02.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 04 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-05.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 05 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-06.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 06 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-07.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 07 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-08.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 08 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-09.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 09 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/america-polarizingly-united-photo-01.jpg America: Polarizingly United — documentary protest photograph 10 Documentary protest photograph from America: Polarizingly United, recorded during protests around Donald Trump's indictment. https://mt-zeng.com/zh/art/dream-together/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-installation-01.png Dream Together — installation rendering Installation rendering of Dream Together as a continuous eighteen-print photographic frieze. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-01.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 2 Dream Together — urban street photograph 2. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-05.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 3 Dream Together — urban street photograph 3. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-04.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 4 Dream Together — urban street photograph 4. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-02.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 5 Dream Together — urban street photograph 5. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-06.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 6 Dream Together — urban street photograph 6. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-03.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 7 Dream Together — urban street photograph 7. 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Dream Together — urban street photograph 14. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-13.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 15 Dream Together — urban street photograph 15. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-14.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 16 Dream Together — urban street photograph 16. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-15.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 17 Dream Together — urban street photograph 17. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-16.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 18 Dream Together — urban street photograph 18. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/dream-together-image-17.jpg Dream Together — urban street photograph 19 Dream Together — urban street photograph 19. https://mt-zeng.com/zh/art/the-way-we-played/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-installation-01.png The Way We Played — installation rendering Installation rendering of The Way We Played, with thirty photographs and a CRT video arranged across two gallery walls. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-21.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 02 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-22.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 03 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-28.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 04 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-15.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 05 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-24.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 06 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-10.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 07 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-13.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 08 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-26.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 09 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-11.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 10 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-23.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 11 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-12.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 12 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-20.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 13 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-06.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 14 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-30.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 15 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-09.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 16 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-02.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 17 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-04.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 18 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-05.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 19 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-07.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 20 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-17.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 21 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-19.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 22 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-01.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 23 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-25.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 24 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-03.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 25 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-08.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 26 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-18.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 27 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-29.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 28 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-27.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 29 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-16.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 30 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-way-we-played-image-14.jpg The Way We Played — Huizhou childhood photograph 31 Photograph from The Way We Played, made in Huizhou and centered on children at play, migration, and the distance between a childhood recorded and childhoods observed. https://mt-zeng.com/zh/art/the-honest-photographer/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-installation-still.png The Honest Photographer — installation view: still image The framed AI-generated still faces the central evidence table; one tabletop studio monitor remains in the foreground. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-installation-table.png The Honest Photographer — installation view: evidence table Raised near-overhead view of loose, overlapping process documents and two asymmetrically placed tabletop studio monitors. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-installation-projection.png The Honest Photographer — installation view: moving image The larger moving-image projection faces the evidence table, whose edge and one monitor remain in the foreground. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-01.jpg The Honest Photographer — installation view Installation view of The Honest Photographer, combining AI-generated images, printed conversations, and a podcast-based listening component. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-02.jpg The Honest Photographer — installation panel 05 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-06.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 06 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-07.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 07 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-08.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 08 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-09.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 09 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-10.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 10 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-11.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 11 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-14.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 12 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-12.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 13 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-13.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 14 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-03.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 15 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-16.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 16 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-15.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 17 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-18.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 18 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-05.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 19 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-04.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 20 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-17.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 21 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-20.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 22 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/the-honest-photographer-image-19.png The Honest Photographer — installation panel 23 Panel from The Honest Photographer, part of a sequence of AI-generated images, printed dialogues, and archival display material. https://mt-zeng.com/zh/art/are-you-sure/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/are-you-sure-installation-01.png Are You Sure? — installation rendering Installation rendering of Are You Sure?, showing an LED lightbox between a pair of mini studio monitor speakers. https://mt-zeng.com/zh/art/ai-art-is-not-art/ https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/ai-art-is-not-art-cover.png AI Art Is (Not) Art — installation image 1 AI Art Is (Not) Art — installation image 1. https://mt-zeng.com/assets/media/ai-art-is-not-art-installation-01.png AI Art Is (Not) Art — installation image 2 AI Art Is (Not) Art — installation image 2. 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