Dr Peter Ainsworth

Biography

I am a practice-based researcher, educator, and visual maker working at the intersection of photography and computational imaging. I am also Course Leader MA Photography and Digital Practice LCC UAL. My work explores how emerging imaging technologies, such as photogrammetry, LiDAR, augmented reality, and generative AI, reshape the production, perception, and circulation of images. I examine how sense-data captured through apparatuses such as cameras is encoded within computational systems, and how these processes shape engagement, governance, and visibility. My recent work focuses on conceptualisations used by big tech to frame generative AI systems, especially their invocation of contemporary and historical science-fiction narratives.