Copy of a Copy (Contact Sheets)
“Copy of a Copy” is a series of large-scale contact sheets. Each one resembles a classic analog proof sheet from the era of film photography — black backgrounds, perforations, frame numbers, and dozens of small images arranged in a neat grid.
Yet these photographs were not taken with a camera. They are synthetic creations, constructed through artificial intelligence, then manually curated, edited, and assembled by hand into a precise digital collage that mimics the authentic structure of traditional analog film.
The series bypasses traditional photography to construct a manufactured reality. It takes a single conceptual vision and multiplies it into an endless stream of hyper-real repetitions.
They look almost identical, yet none is exactly the same. This obsessive, mechanical repetition is the core of the work. Even when you know the scenes are fake, your mind struggles to accept it. Your brain relentlessly searches for truth and substance where none exists, creating a disorienting tension between knowledge and perception.
Here we have 42 versions of a moment that never happened. None of the people ever existed. Nothing depicted ever took place. It is pure imitation — a flawless illusion designed to seduce.
Medium: Digital Collage / Synthography, 2026
Photographic Print
Edition of 1 (Each piece is a unique, one-of-a-kind work)
Size: 165 × 132 cm / 65 × 52 in
Hand-signed and dated by the artist.
Ongoing project.
