Gen Mask Rand Coll - Patrick Carey

20 page booklet of programmatic collage utilizing software to generate random masks applied to scanned film photographs. A continued exploration of writing software to generate images.

I started this specific iteration of this idea over a year and a half ago, generating thousands of images of various quality. I would go months without looking at the programs or images. When I did return to them it often felt like looking at someone else’s work. I’d input new sets of images until I had a stable set of collages, then abandon it again. My son was born and it felt like the right time to put some of them out in the world.

4.25 x 5.5 — Edition of 50