Many digital tools are available to help photographers achieve better results. But those tools only augment the photographer’s ability to see. Computer vision researchers have been working on programs that allow computers to see. Subhabrata Bhattacharya, working with Intel Labs, helped to develop algorithms that enable computers to analyze the aesthetic qualities of images.

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Interviewees:
Stefanie Atkinson, photographer, Mill Valley, CA
Subhabrata Bhattacharya, graduate student, University of Central Florida
Richard Dischler, photographer and President of DSM

Papers:
Subhabrata Bhattacharya, UCF; Dr. Mubarak Shah, UCF; Dr. Rahul Sukthankar, Intel Labs; A Framework for Photo-Quality Assessment and Enhancement Based on Visual Aesthetics

Demo:
Subhabrata Bhattacharya, Enhancing Aesthetic Quality of Digital Photographs through Spatial Recomposition, given at an Open House at Intel Labs, Pittsburgh

Gallery:
Stefanie Atkinson, “Alight – Birds”

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