Ep 58 - How Barry Sutton Sold Out One Of A Kind AI & Photography NFT Collection

Hey Wicked Hunters,

I'm excited to be able to introduce Barry Sutton, an incredible artist who has pushed the boundaries of AI and photography. 

Barry Sutton is an American artist and educator using photography and AI to pose questions about our notions of beauty and the nature of truth. His photography work over the past 30 years is largely focused on youth culture. Sutton has quickly become a leading voice in the field of synthetic photography. His figurative work uses AI to interpret photographic concepts, developing a new aesthetic language.

His work has been published in French Vogue, New York Times T-Magazine and others. His retrospective, “96° in the shade” was launched as NFTs in 2021. The collection of 100 images sold out on release. His acclaimed synthetic photography project Traces of Truth consisting 500 works generated using AI, sold out in 60 seconds.

Sutton is the Chair of the MPS Fashion Photography graduate program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, working with young creatives to explore the concepts that underpin their photographic practice in the context of fashion.

You can find more of Barry Sutton's work on:

• https://www.barrysutton.com/
• https://twitter.com/barrylsutton 

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Transcription

Barry Sutton  0:00   Yeah, I understand that a lot of photographers are, are afraid of what AI might do to their career or TV or to the genre of photography. And I think some of those fears are real

Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  0:11   Hey Wicked Hunters Welcome back to The Art of Photography podcast, where we share artists journey and our photography, giving them purpose and happiness. And today we have someone who's very special. And I know that topic around AI has been a lot of Converse, there has been a lot of conversation around AI and Barry had managed to create something that's truly unique with his NFT projects, as well as some of his photographs they have taken, you know, throughout the years. So very controversial, very fun, but also very educational. For those of you who want to learn a little bit more about it. Barry, welcome back to the podcast. Thank you very much for sparing your time. And, you know, to join this and share your story and inspire the listeners out there.

Barry Sutton  1:12   Thanks for having me here.

Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  1:16   Yeah, so you know, it's been, I followed you, I saw your project and what you've done from a friend, and it's very inspiring to see how you have put together, you know, what you have put together and we'll go, we'll go into that a little bit later. I know you had massive success, you know, build a big community through this project as well. But before we get that, I'd like to know, how did you get started, you know, you were showing me your very first camera earlier, right? What makes you fall in love with photography and want to do more of it?

Barry Sutton  1:57   Well, that's a thanks for asking, it's a great place to start. You know, I was, I was studying, I was studying music, actually in college. And after the first semester, I I didn't know where that was going to take me. And after that first summer, my roommate was an