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Human Generated Data

Title

Navigation without Numbers

Date

1971

People

Artist: Jerry N. Uelsmann, American 1934 - 2022

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant, P1972.101

Copyright

© Jerry N. Uelsmann

Human Generated Data

Title

Navigation without Numbers

People

Artist: Jerry N. Uelsmann, American 1934 - 2022

Date

1971

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant, P1972.101

Copyright

© Jerry N. Uelsmann

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2023-08-30

Body Part 100
Finger 100
Hand 100
Back 98.6
Person 97.4
Nature 94.7
Outdoors 94.7
Weather 94.7
Person 91.2
Clothing 71.4
Footwear 71.4
Shoe 71.4
Sea 56.8
Water 56.8
Architecture 56.3
Building 56.3
Shelter 56.3
Silhouette 55.6

Clarifai
created on 2023-11-01

monochrome 99.9
beach 99.8
sea 99.3
water 98.9
ocean 98.9
black and white 97.6
landscape 96.5
seashore 96.2
sunset 96.1
people 95.6
lake 95.2
mono 94.9
window 94.5
river 94.3
sky 94.2
street 94.2
dog 93.3
dawn 93
city 92.9
boat 92.6

Imagga
created on 2018-12-21

sliding door 52.3
door 43.1
barrier 34
movable barrier 31.4
swing 23.2
sky 22.3
landscape 19.3
obstruction 18.2
fence 17.6
mechanical device 16.8
picket fence 16.8
plaything 16.4
structure 14.2
sun 13.6
outdoors 13.4
travel 13.4
summer 12.8
light 12.8
building 12.7
sunset 12.6
mechanism 12.6
beach 12.6
tree 12.5
people 12.3
ocean 11.8
silhouette 11.6
trees 11.6
park 11.5
outdoor 11.5
holiday 11.5
man 11.4
architecture 10.9
city 10.8
water 10.7
cloud 10.3
day 10.2
sea 10.2
clouds 10.1
lake 10.1
tourism 9.1
rural 8.8
dusk 8.6
outside 8.5
winter 8.5
stone 8.4
boat 8.4
house 8.3
danger 8.2
vacation 8.2
horizon 8.1
transportation 8.1
urban 7.9
scene 7.8
world 7.7
snow 7.7
relax 7.6
sunrise 7.5
window 7.5
coast 7.2
sand 7.1
person 7.1
work 7.1
scenic 7
season 7

Google
created on 2018-12-21

Microsoft
created on 2018-12-21

Color Analysis

Feature analysis

Amazon

Person
Shoe
Person 97.4%

Categories

Imagga

interior objects 81.3%
paintings art 17.5%

Captions

Clarifai
created by general-english-image-caption-blip on 2025-05-14

a photograph of a person's hand is holding a hand and a hand with a hand reaching -100%

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-07

The image is a black and white surrealist photograph featuring a collage of elements within a coastal landscape. At the forefront of the photo, dominating the lower left, is a stark, highly detailed human hand. It is juxtaposed against the beach sand.

In the middle ground, a body of water meets the sandy shore. Appearing to rise from the water is an architectural structure that resembles a small building with glass doors and windows, partially obscuring a figure standing inside. Above this structure, storm clouds gather, lending the scene a dramatic and slightly ominous atmosphere. Another faint hand is visible within the water, partially obscured.

The photograph's composition and layering create an unsettling and dreamlike quality, inviting interpretation and reflection.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-07

Here's a description of the image:

Overall Impression:

The image is a surreal, black and white photograph with a dreamlike quality. It appears to be a composite or manipulated image, layering various elements in an unexpected and intriguing way.

Key Elements:

  • Setting: The scene is set on a beach with the ocean visible. The sky is filled with dramatic, dark clouds.
  • Building: A stark, white structure with a door and windows appears to be floating or situated within the ocean. A slender figure stands at the doorway.
  • Hands: Two hands are prominent in the image:
    • A realistically detailed, dark hand is positioned in the foreground, as if reaching towards the viewer.
    • A ghostly, transparent hand is superimposed over the ocean waves.
  • Composition: The image uses elements of depth and perspective, with the beach and hand in the foreground, the building and figure in the middle ground, and the clouds in the background. The use of light and shadow further enhances the dramatic effect.

Possible Interpretations:

The image could be interpreted as a commentary on themes of:

  • Isolation: The figure at the doorway, combined with the vastness of the ocean, suggests solitude.
  • Memory or Dreams: The surreal juxtaposition of elements and the ghostly hand might represent the ephemeral nature of memory or the subconscious.
  • Surrealism: The image is characteristic of the Surrealist art movement with its dreamlike quality and unexpected combinations of ordinary objects.