Human Generated Data

Title

Picking cotton, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Date

1935

People

Artist: Ben Shahn, American 1898 - 1969

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 2.2002.3109

Human Generated Data

Title

Picking cotton, Pulaski County, Arkansas

People

Artist: Ben Shahn, American 1898 - 1969

Date

1935

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 2.2002.3109

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2021-12-15

Human 99.2
Field 98.5
Nature 95.7
Outdoors 95.5
Agriculture 94.9
Countryside 94.9
Animal 88.6
Cotton 79.9
Plant 57.2
Rural 55.3

Clarifai
created on 2023-10-15

people 99.7
child 99.5
portrait 99.2
boy 95.5
two 95.5
son 95.5
one 95.4
girl 95.4
adult 94.1
cropland 92
monochrome 91.1
farming 91
field 89.1
three 87.9
farm 87.4
woman 85.7
man 85.5
wear 84.6
group 83.6
offspring 82.8

Imagga
created on 2021-12-15

person 42.6
people 30.1
outdoors 30
happy 26.3
park 23.9
smiling 23.9
summer 23.8
outdoor 23.7
adult 23.3
man 22.9
happiness 22.7
field 22.6
portrait 22
male 21.8
sky 21.4
tourist 21.2
grass 20.6
child 19.8
autumn 17.6
countryside 17.4
day 17.3
traveler 17
juvenile 17
rural 16.7
lifestyle 16.6
couple 15.7
smile 15.7
face 14.9
youth 14.5
walk 14.3
adolescent 14.1
active 13.5
meadow 13.5
women 13.4
love 13.4
joy 13.4
vacation 13.1
outside 12.8
fun 12.7
landscape 12.6
walking 12.3
backpack 11.7
leisure 11.6
country 11.4
season 10.9
model 10.9
cute 10.8
hiking 10.6
together 10.5
human 10.5
world 10.3
hair 10.3
clouds 10.1
freedom 10.1
farm 9.8
fashion 9.8
family 9.8
cheerful 9.8
standing 9.6
enjoying 9.5
beach 9.5
holiday 9.3
alone 9.1
pretty 9.1
one 9
hay 8.9
trees 8.9
kid 8.9
boy 8.7
life 8.7
spring 8.6
sunny 8.6
mother 8.6
fence 8.5
casual 8.5
two 8.5
travel 8.5
free 8.4
senior 8.4
attractive 8.4
horizontal 8.4
relaxation 8.4
girls 8.2
relaxing 8.2
clothing 8.2
activity 8.1
parent 8
tree 7.8
full length 7.8
golden 7.7
winter 7.7
relax 7.6
healthy 7.6
holding 7.4
rest 7.4
mountains 7.4
emotion 7.4
teen 7.4
lady 7.3
teenager 7.3
sun 7.2
blond 7.2
snow 7

Google
created on 2021-12-15

Plant 94.8
Sky 83.9
Grass 82.2
Happy 80.6
People in nature 80.2
Cap 79.1
Landscape 78.1
Rural area 77.4
Grassland 76.7
Vintage clothing 75.8
Farmer 74.9
Hat 74.1
Agriculture 72.7
Field 69.7
Monochrome photography 67.3
Plantation 65.5
Monochrome 64.7
Prairie 61.8
Soil 61.1
Portrait 55.4

Microsoft
created on 2021-12-15

outdoor 99.6
sky 98.7
person 97.7
text 97.1
human face 92.9
field 88
clothing 86.7
standing 81.8
smile 76.7
flower 70.4
plant 64.1
posing 48.4
screenshot 17.7

Color Analysis

Face analysis

Amazon

Microsoft

Google

AWS Rekognition

Age 21-33
Gender Male, 65.4%
Confused 40.5%
Calm 25.1%
Sad 18.6%
Angry 4.9%
Fear 4.5%
Surprised 4.4%
Disgusted 1.3%
Happy 0.7%

AWS Rekognition

Age 23-37
Gender Female, 52.3%
Calm 75.2%
Happy 20.6%
Angry 1.5%
Sad 1.5%
Fear 0.6%
Surprised 0.3%
Confused 0.2%
Disgusted 0.2%

Microsoft Cognitive Services

Age 21
Gender Female

Google Vision

Surprise Very unlikely
Anger Very unlikely
Sorrow Unlikely
Joy Very unlikely
Headwear Very unlikely
Blurred Very unlikely

Google Vision

Surprise Very unlikely
Anger Very unlikely
Sorrow Very unlikely
Joy Possible
Headwear Likely
Blurred Very unlikely

Feature analysis

Amazon

Person
Bird

Clarifai

No features identified

AWS Rekognition

Person 99.2%

AWS Rekognition

Person 95.2%

AWS Rekognition

Bird 88.6%

Categories

Imagga
created on 2021-12-15

nature landscape 91.5%
beaches seaside 4.1%
streetview architecture 2.7%

Captions

Microsoft
created by unknown on 2021-12-15

a young man standing in a field 89.8%
a young boy standing on a field 73.4%
a young man standing on a field 73.3%

Clarifai

No captions written

Salesforce

Created by general-english-image-caption-blip on 2025-05-22

a photograph of a woman in a dress and hat with a hat on

OpenAI GPT

Created by gpt-4o-2024-11-20 on 2025-06-16

The image depicts two individuals working in a cotton field, surrounded by cotton plants. The foreground shows a person wearing a light, patterned dress and a textured hat, while another person is seen further in the background engaged with the cotton plants. The landscape features open fields with scattered buildings and a distant tree line under a lightly cloudy sky, suggesting a rural setting.

Created by gpt-4o-2024-08-06 on 2025-06-16

The image depicts two individuals working in a cotton field. They are both wearing light clothing suitable for laboring outdoors. The field is filled with cotton plants, with fluffy white cotton bolls visible. The landscape is rural, with trees and a few structures in the background under an overcast sky. The scene captures agricultural life in what appears to be a Southern setting, likely during the early to mid-20th century. The atmosphere evokes a sense of manual labor and agricultural tradition.

Anthropic Claude

Created by anthropic.claude-3-haiku-20240307-v1:0 on 2025-06-18

The image shows a young African American woman standing in a cotton field. She is wearing a white dress and a crown-like headpiece. The background features a rural landscape with trees and other vegetation. The image has a black and white, documentary-style aesthetic, suggesting it was likely taken in the early to mid-20th century.

Created by us.anthropic.claude-3-opus-20240229-v1:0 on 2025-06-18

The black and white photograph depicts a young African American girl standing in a field of cotton plants. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a pattern and a hat or bonnet on her head. The girl has a serious expression on her face as she looks off to the side. In the background, there is another figure, likely an adult, also standing amidst the cotton plants. The image appears to capture a scene of agricultural labor, possibly during the early to mid-20th century in the United States.

Created by us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0 on 2025-06-18

This is a historical black and white photograph showing cotton field workers in what appears to be the American South. The image captures workers in a vast cotton field, with cotton plants visible in full bloom. In the foreground, someone is wearing a light-colored dress or work clothes typical of the era. The background shows more workers in the field and what appears to be rural landscape with trees in the distance. The photograph appears to document agricultural labor conditions and cotton farming practices of the time period, likely from the early to mid-20th century.

Meta Llama

Created by us.meta.llama3-2-11b-instruct-v1:0 on 2025-06-09

The image is a black-and-white photograph of two women working in a cotton field.

  • The woman in the foreground is wearing a white dress with a checkered pattern and a hat. She has dark skin and short, curly hair. Her facial expression is neutral, and she is looking to her right.
    • Her body is facing the camera, but her head is turned slightly to the right.
    • Her hands are at her sides, and she appears to be standing in a field of cotton plants.
  • In the background, there is another woman wearing a white dress and a hat. She has dark skin and short, curly hair. Her facial expression is neutral, and she is looking down at the ground.
    • She is standing behind the first woman, slightly to her left.
    • There are several cotton plants in front of her, and she appears to be picking cotton from one of them.
  • The background of the image shows a field of cotton plants, with several buildings in the distance.
    • The sky is overcast, and the overall atmosphere of the image is one of hard work and labor.
    • The image appears to be a historical photograph, possibly taken during the early 20th century.

The image suggests that the women are working hard to pick cotton, and the overcast sky adds to the somber mood of the scene. The image may have been taken during a time when African Americans were forced to work in harsh conditions, such as during the Jim Crow era.

Created by us.meta.llama3-2-90b-instruct-v1:0 on 2025-06-09

The image depicts a black-and-white photograph of two individuals working in a cotton field. The person in the foreground is a young woman, likely a teenager, wearing a light-colored dress and a hat. She appears to be picking cotton, as evidenced by the cotton plants surrounding her. In the background, another person, possibly a man, is also engaged in picking cotton. The scene suggests a rural setting, likely during the early 20th century, given the attire and the manual labor involved in harvesting cotton.

Amazon Nova

Created by amazon.nova-lite-v1:0 on 2025-06-08

The image is a black-and-white photograph of a young girl standing in a cotton field. She is wearing a white dress and a white hat, and her hair is tied back. She is looking to the left, and her expression is serious. Behind her, another person is standing and picking cotton. The cotton plants are tall and have white flowers. The background is blurry, with trees and a house in the distance.

Created by amazon.nova-pro-v1:0 on 2025-06-08

The image is a black-and-white photograph of two women in a field of cotton plants. The woman in the foreground is wearing a white dress and a white cap. She has her hands in her pockets and is looking to the left, possibly at something or someone outside the frame. Behind her, another woman is bending down, picking cotton. She is wearing a hat and a long-sleeved shirt. The field is surrounded by trees, and in the distance, there are more trees and a few buildings.

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-16

Here's a description of the image:

This black and white photograph shows two African American women standing in a cotton field. In the foreground, a younger woman stands looking directly at the camera. She wears a dress with short, puffed sleeves and a crocheted cap on her head. Her expression is solemn and direct.

Behind her and to the left, another woman is further into the field, bent over and picking cotton. She wears a hat to shield her from the sun and has a sack slung over her shoulder, presumably to hold the harvested cotton.

The cotton field surrounds them, with plants full of cotton bolls extending into the background. In the distance, there are trees and what appears to be a few buildings, suggesting a rural landscape. The sky is overcast or light-colored, adding to the somewhat somber tone of the image.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-16

Here's a description of the image:

Overall Impression: The image is a black and white photograph showing two people in a cotton field. The style suggests a historical photo, possibly taken in the mid-20th century.

Foreground:

  • A young Black girl is the primary focus. She is standing and looking directly at the camera with a serious or contemplative expression.
  • She wears a light-colored dress with puffy sleeves and a knitted cap on her head.
  • Cotton stalks are visible in front of her.

Background:

  • Another person, also Black, is working further back in the field, harvesting cotton. They are wearing a hat and work clothes.
  • The cotton field stretches toward the horizon, filled with cotton plants.
  • In the distance, buildings and trees are silhouetted against a bright, overcast sky.

Composition:

  • The composition uses a shallow depth of field, with the girl in the foreground sharp and the background slightly blurred.
  • The photograph appears to be a documentary or candid shot, capturing a moment of life in a cotton field.

Overall, the image evokes a sense of labor, possibly poverty, and a moment of quiet contemplation.

Mistral Pixtral

Created by us.mistral.pixtral-large-2502-v1:0 on 2025-06-01

The image is a black-and-white photograph depicting two individuals working in a cotton field. The foreground features a young girl dressed in a light-colored dress and a headscarf, standing amidst the cotton plants. She appears to be looking directly at the camera with a somewhat serious expression. In the background, another person, also dressed in light-colored clothing and a hat, is seen working in the field. The field is filled with cotton plants, and the sky is clear, indicating a sunny day. The overall scene suggests a historical context, likely depicting agricultural labor, possibly during the early to mid-20th century.

Qwen

Created by Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-7B-Instruct on 2025-07-10

This is a black and white photograph depicting two individuals in a cotton field. The foreground features a woman who appears to be the primary subject. She is wearing a checkered dress and a light-colored, circular head covering, and her gaze is directed slightly to the side. The background shows another person, partially obscured by the plants, engaged in the activity of picking cotton. The field is expansive and filled with cotton plants, suggesting a rural setting. The sky is overcast, contributing to the grayscale tone of the image, which gives it a historical or documentary feel. The overall composition highlights themes of labor, agriculture, and perhaps historical context.

Created by Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct on 2025-07-10

This black-and-white photograph depicts two women in a cotton field. The woman in the foreground is wearing a patterned dress and a white hat, and she is looking directly at the camera with a somber expression. The woman in the background is also dressed in a patterned dress and a wide-brimmed hat, and she is bent over, seemingly picking cotton. The field is filled with cotton plants, and there are a few buildings and trees visible in the distance under a cloudy sky. The overall mood of the image is one of hard work and perhaps a sense of weariness or resignation.