AI Landscape Recognition at 35AWARDS
Out of 3,492 Entries, This Landscape Found Its Place
This year, I participated for the first time in the themed competition AI-Generated Photos: Landscape, part of the 10th 35AWARDS, one of the most established international photography contests. Out of 3,492 submissions from 686 artists across 66 countries, my work placed in the Top 16% based on the public voting results.
This specific contest invited creators to explore how artificial intelligence can be used to recreate or reimagine natural landscapes. From oceans and forests to surreal terrains, the goal was to produce images that feel photographic, even when they’re entirely generated. Images that looked overly synthetic or exposed the neural network too obviously were considered low quality. That makes this recognition even more meaningful to me.
What I love about this result is how it reflects the response of real people. The 35AWARDS system works through anonymous pair comparisons between thousands of images. Voters choose what speaks to them, without knowing who made it. So to have my image stand out in that kind of process tells me it made a genuine impression.
More projects are on the way. This was just one landscape — many more are unfolding.