Gold in Special/AI Generated Images / 2025 / Special / AI Generated Images

• Prize
  Gold in Special/AI Generated Images
• Photographer
  Cristian Townsend, Japan
• Studio
  Cristian Townsend Photography
• Website
  http://cristian-townsend.squarespace.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/oswaldfitchjapan

Conformity Culture: The Sleep of Liberty. Now, before someone picks up a brush, a pen, a synth—they open their app and ask: “What’s working right now?” “What’s performing?” “How do I tailor my insides to get a dopamine pellet?” That’s not art. That’s compliance in costume. That’s not inspiration. That’s calibrated conformity. It’s mind control dressed up as popularity. And the worst part? It’s voluntary. You’re not censored by force— you’re trained to censor yourself in exchange for attention.

Australian Fine Art photographer living in Osaka, Japan.

Awards International Photography Awards 2017. Gold winner and Photographer of the Year in my category. Bronze award 2019.
Px3 Bronze winner 2016. The Future of Nostalgia
Tifa 2017. Silver winner in 2017 and Bronze winner 2019
City of Perth Photographic Award. Winner. (Twice)
The Next Leonardo Da Vinci Award. Osaka. (Selected for exhibition)
The Lumen Art prize. (Selected for gallery)
The International Loupe Awards. (Top 50) Two years running.