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[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 12 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Josh Valcarcel is the photographer of this portrait. He has been working as a professional photographer for close to 20 years. He doesn't need AI to make beautiful portraits like these.

Here is an interesting interview with Josh about this portrait specifically and his background in photography.

Let's give this man the credit he deserves instead of AI.