In ‘Synthetic Vision / Constructed Memory’, artist-photographer Erwin Van den Brande explores the future of photography in the age of AI. His work explores the boundary between photography, memory, and artificial imagery. In an era where images are increasingly generated rather than recorded, this book examines how our visual culture is fundamentally changing.

His work combines analog photography with AI-based image constructions and starts from a personal archive that is reread and reconstructed. This creates a visual world in which reality and fiction, past and future, document and interpretation flow into one another.

With a clear, aesthetic visual language and a strong conceptual foundation, ‘Synthetic Vision / Constructed Memory’ positions itself at the intersection of art, technology, and visual culture. It is a topical and visually strong art book within the rapidly growing domain of AI and visual culture, and aligns with international developments in which the role of photography is shifting from recording to construction and interpretation.

The book distinguishes itself through the combination of a consistent artistic practice and a reflection on the impact of artificial intelligence on image production. As a result, it is both visually appealing and substantively relevant to a broad yet specialized audience.