Photography and Artificial Intelligence in contemporary art
Between the real and what does not yet exist. Works of Hybrid Metaphotography — where photography becomes the raw material of visions that challenge perception.
"My goal is not to represent, but to transform: to offer the viewer an emotional mirror, a visual experience that questions, reveals and at times disorients." — David Golzio
Contemporary artist based in Milan. His research combines photography and artificial intelligence to create works of contemporary digital art that explore the boundary between the real and the imagined.
Hybrid Metaphotography — Art between photography and artificial intelligence
Every work begins with a carefully constructed photograph — light, composition, symbolic presence. Artificial intelligence in art does not replace vision: it amplifies it, opening glimpses toward what does not yet exist in reality but that reality suggests.
The process unfolds in layers: the real becomes raw material, while digital processing generates an additional dimension, giving form to works of contemporary art suspended between the real and the metaphysical. The integration of photography and generative AI defines a hybrid visual language, where technical control and openness to the unpredictable coexist in the construction of the image.
The creative process
- The shot — precise photographic construction: light, subject, composition, symbolic meaning.
- The dialogue — the image enters into relation with the algorithm. An iterative process, not an automatic one.
- The layering — real and artificial merge. Dimensions emerge that the eye cannot perceive alone.
- The choice — the final decision always belongs to the artist. The algorithm proposes; vision decides.
Curatorial selection
Awakening — first series
An exploration of human nature in its purest state. Each work in the series questions what remains when social masks are stripped away: identity, fragility, the inner light that persists in the dark. The original photograph meets the generative algorithm not to beautify, but to reveal what the eye cannot perceive on its own.
Technique: Hybrid Metaphotography · Year: 2022 – 2023 · Format: Cinello DAW® · Digital · Unique works 1/1. Explore available works.
No More Evil — second series
"NO MORE EVIL" resounds like the voice of an oracle: it does not warn, it promises. It whispers a future in which darkness has no more power, making way for a full, definitive light. The works are chapters of the same story — a visual progression toward a luminous tomorrow. "NO MORE EVIL" does not deny darkness: it transcends it. And it affirms, with clarity, that light is an attainable conquest.
Technique: Hybrid Metaphotography · Year: 2023 · Format: Digital.
Redenzione — third series
From shadow, the possibility of light emerges: a space in which to begin reflecting, healing and returning to life. "Redenzione" holds within it the act of rebirth. "A Future of Peace" opens onto a vision of shared harmony. "Homecoming" marks the return: not to a place, but to oneself, passing through the depths of the soul. Each image is part of a single progressive narrative that invites reconnection with what is essential.
Technique: Hybrid Metaphotography · Year: 2024 · Format: Digital.
Dystopian Growth — pure artificial intelligence
"Dystopian Growth" is born from a contradiction: a growth that does not liberate, but transforms. "Everything was utopia, nothing was ever the same again." Artificial intelligence acts as a generative and disruptive force, pushing the image beyond its limit. Reality becomes unstable matter — a growth that escapes control and redefines the balance between natural and artificial.
Technique: Artificial Intelligence · Year: 2022 · Format: NFT · Digital. 6 unique works 1/1 already acquired by private collectors.
International exhibitions
Artcrush Gallery — ongoing, 2026
Italy · Belgium · Finland · United Kingdom · Portugal · 50+ locations.
- NFT NYC — New York, United States (2025)
- Non Fungibles Conference — Lisbon (2024)
- Not built in a DAY — cur. Serena Tabacchi — Maison Bosi · Rome (2023)
International exhibitions archive — exhibitions, fairs, international shows.
For collectors, curators and institutions
Interested in a work or a collaboration? Contact David Golzio or discover the available works.
