Michael Mandiberg, Professor of Media Culture

Michael Mandiberg, Professor of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island, is in the midst of a unique investigation into stock photo images, which we see every day in ads and other media.

Their project, Taking Stock, used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze 130 million stock images to create not only new works of art, but also to gain an understanding of characteristics that these images have in common. The results are a series of fascinating images and videos. Read more...