An AI photo shoot in Budapest

Over the past few weeks I have been immersed in a quiet experiment that sits at the crossroads of photography, technology, and imagination.

I began with something very familiar: my own photographs. Images I had already composed, lit, and framed according to my visual language. The same textures, contrasts, and emotional tones that define my work. Into these existing scenes, I introduced something new: a model created with artificial intelligence.

This wasn’t a generic digital figure. The AI model was built starting from a real person who had been photographed in 360 degrees, allowing her to be reconstructed from any angle and placed naturally into different environments. In a way, she exists somewhere between documentation and invention, rooted in reality, yet free from its physical constraints.

The core challenge was to keep my photographic style intact. I didn’t want these images to look like “AI pictures.” I wanted them to feel like my photographs: the same mood, the same cinematic stillness, the same attention to light and space. The AI became a tool in service of my vision, not a replacement for it.

For this series, I chose to explore nude figures placed within the urban landscapes of Budapest. These are locations where photographing a naked body in real life would be impossible, legally, socially, or practically. Rather than being an act of provocation, this choice was conceptual: a way to test how far image-making can go when freed from the limits imposed by society.

What would we, as photographers, create if we were not bound by restrictions? How would we relate to the human body in public spaces? How would vulnerability interact with architecture, history, and everyday life?

AI doesn’t give definitive answers to these questions, but it opens a space to ask them. It allows me to stage situations that could never exist in front of my camera, while still preserving the spirit of my craft.

This project is less about the technology itself and more about what it reveals: our desires, our boundaries, and our evolving relationship with images in a world where reality and simulation increasingly overlap.

Do you want to shoot with me in Budapest? On this video you can find a glimpse of what you can expect.

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