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Approximate Equivalents

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An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky, with three power lines cutting across the image, distorted by JPEG compression and neural network superresolution artifacts. At the left edge of the frame, some wind-swept foliage peeks through.
An abstract photograph of the underside of a bridge, consisting of cement held up by light-green girders. A Google Street View panorama artifact cuts the image into two.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of a cloudless blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky. A building rises from the bottom-left corner of the frame.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky. The text "©2018 Google" spans the bottom-right corner.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky. A couple of branches of a tree poke up from the bottom of the frame.
An abstract photograph of a cloudless blue sky. An ornate brick building pokes into the bottom-left corner of the frame.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky. A lush green hill covered in trees takes up the bottom-left corner.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky, with distorted power lines criss-crossing the image in a "V" pattern.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of the underside of a yellow bridge, built out of riveted steel.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of a cloudless blue sky. The tip of a street light pokes into the top of the frame.
An abstract photograph of a modern office building and car park, looking up. Behind it is a cloud and a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of cloudless blue sky. A power line cuts vertically across the left side of the image, and a couple of street lights just barely poke into the bottom of the frame.
An abstract photograph of a cloudless blue sky, with 3 power lines cutting diagonally across the image. The center of the photo is branded with a distorted "©2018 Google" watermark.

Approximate Equivalents

Abstract photographs of the sky taken by a machine learning model from Google Street View panoramas, in the style of Alfred Stieglitz

Approximate Equivalents is a self-published 36-page photo book, printed in a limited series of 24. If you are interested in acquiring a copy, please drop me a line!

These images are created by K.S.V. Judge, a machine learning model that selects and crops Google Street View panoramas of Pittsburgh to create photographic artwork. It was trained to emulate the compositional style and melancholic longing of Alfred Stieglitz’s Equivalents series. This book contains K.S.V. Judge’s favorite photographs, in order of increasing favor.

All images were upscaled using super-resolution machine learning models.

K.S.V. Judge was developed by me, advised by David Oresick.

An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky, with three power lines cutting across the image, distorted by JPEG compression and neural network superresolution artifacts. At the left edge of the frame, some wind-swept foliage peeks through.
An abstract photograph of the underside of a bridge, consisting of cement held up by light-green girders. A Google Street View panorama artifact cuts the image into two.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of a cloudless blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky. A building rises from the bottom-left corner of the frame.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky. The text "©2018 Google" spans the bottom-right corner.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky. A couple of branches of a tree poke up from the bottom of the frame.
An abstract photograph of a cloudless blue sky. An ornate brick building pokes into the bottom-left corner of the frame.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky. A lush green hill covered in trees takes up the bottom-left corner.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky, with distorted power lines criss-crossing the image in a "V" pattern.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of the underside of a yellow bridge, built out of riveted steel.
An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of a cloudless blue sky. The tip of a street light pokes into the top of the frame.
An abstract photograph of a modern office building and car park, looking up. Behind it is a cloud and a blue sky.
An abstract photograph of cloudless blue sky. A power line cuts vertically across the left side of the image, and a couple of street lights just barely poke into the bottom of the frame.
An abstract photograph of a cloudless blue sky, with 3 power lines cutting diagonally across the image. The center of the photo is branded with a distorted "©2018 Google" watermark.

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An abstract photograph of clouds against a blue sky.

Approximate Equivalents

Abstract photographs of the sky taken by a machine learning model from Google Street View panoramas, in the style of Alfred Stieglitz
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