Photographer Alper Yesiltas uses artificial intelligence and special photo editing software to “resurrect” celebrities who died young. His works include images of Princess Diana, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, and Freddie Mercury. Realistic photographs are part of the “As If Nothing Happened” project.
“When I started fiddling with technology, I saw what I could do with it and thought about what would make me the happiest. I wanted to see the people I missed again and this is how this project was created“- explains the photographer Alper Yesiltas, who uses artificial intelligence to create photos of people who died at an early age.
“The most difficult part of the creative process is making a picture” real. ” The moment I like the most is when I see that the image I am looking at looks very realistic, as if it was taken by a photographer“- adds the artist.
What would Princess Diana look like today?
“Behind this project is the question» what would these people look like today in the event of tragic events? “, Explained Yesiltas.
Princess Diana in 1996. Julian Parker / UK Press
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The artist “resurrects” the stars who died young, most often in tragic circumstances. Princess Diana died in Paris at the age of 36 after the Mercedes-Benz she was driving into a concrete pole. It took place on August 31, 1997.
The Beatles singer John Lennon was fatally shot in New York on December 8, 1980. He was 40 years old.
Freddie Mercury died of bronchitis due to lowered immunity from AIDS. It happened on November 24, 1991. He was 45 years old.
Rapper Tupak Shakur died at the age of 25 in Las Vegas from gunshot wounds on September 13, 1996.
Michael Jackson died of acute intoxication with propofol and benzodiazepines on June 25, 2009 at the age of 50.
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