Is Photography Dead? An AI-Era Photographer Weighs In

Michael Christopher Brown, the American photographer known for documenting the 2011 Libyan Civil War, weighs the fate of reportage in the AI era. Publications have long used reportage illustration to illuminate stories in fresh ways, and AI-generated versions may feel not only true but real. He asks how such imagery can connect people with important narratives of our time while blurring what is real, what is trustworthy, and what can no longer be believed.