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00 — QUESTION

WHAT DO
I NOTICE?

Can AI discover patterns in ten years of photographs
that I never consciously noticed?

P-0081: archival photograph — P-0081 · 2025PAT-01 / PAT-04

1,022PHOTOGRAPHS

2017—2026TEN YEARS

8PATTERNS

1QUESTION

BEGIN READING ↓

01

PAT-01 / FRAMES WITHIN THE FRAME

WHERE I LOOK FROM

LAB 002 / 01

P-0006: archival photograph — P-0006 · 2018PAT-01

P-0008: archival photograph — P-0008 · 2018PAT-01 / PAT-06

P-0018: archival photograph — P-0018 · 2019PAT-01 / PAT-05 / PAT-06

P-0043: archival photograph — P-0043 · 2021PAT-01 / PAT-02

P-0063: archival photograph — P-0063 · 2023PAT-01 / PAT-04

P-0079: archival photograph — P-0079 · 2025PAT-01 / PAT-05

P-0090: archival photograph — P-0090 · 2026PAT-01 / PAT-04

P-0094: archival photograph — P-0094 · 2026PAT-01 / PAT-07

I don’t just photograph what I’m looking at.
I often keep where I’m looking from.

Windows. Doors. Glass. Openings. Near → far.

76 photographs · 2017—2026

Editorial interpretation · 10 observed years, not necessarily every year in the range.

02

PAT-02 / SMALL THINGS, CLOSE ATTENTION

THE WORLD GETS SMALLER

LAB 002 / 02

P-0013: archival photograph — P-0013 · 2019PAT-02

P-0014: archival photograph — P-0014 · 2019PAT-02

P-0026: archival photograph — P-0026 · 2019PAT-02

P-0036: archival photograph — P-0036 · 2020PAT-02

P-0044: archival photograph — P-0044 · 2021PAT-02

P-0056: archival photograph — P-0056 · 2023PAT-02

P-0062: archival photograph — P-0062 · 2023PAT-02

P-0073: archival photograph — P-0073 · 2024PAT-02 / PAT-05

P-0082: archival photograph — P-0082 · 2025PAT-02 / PAT-03

Sometimes I photographed cities.
Sometimes I photographed
what was sitting in front of me.

Objects. Materials. Models. Ordinary things.

183 photographs · 2017—2026

Editorial interpretation · 10 observed years, not necessarily every year in the range.

03

PAT-03 / THE TABLE IS A PLACE

THE TABLE IS A PLACE

LAB 002 / 03

A-f2d9689b72fb93dd: archival photograph — A-f2d9689b72fb93dd · 2018PAT-03

P-0025: archival photograph — P-0025 · 2019PAT-03

A-cb8c15e87e17c9f1: archival photograph — A-cb8c15e87e17c9f1 · 2020PAT-03

P-0027: archival photograph — P-0027 · 2019PAT-03

P-0047: archival photograph — P-0047 · 2022PAT-03

P-0058: archival photograph — P-0058 · 2023PAT-01 / PAT-03 / PAT-08

P-0065: archival photograph — P-0065 · 2023PAT-01 / PAT-03 / PAT-08

P-0077: archival photograph — P-0077 · 2024PAT-01 / PAT-03 / PAT-08

P-0084: archival photograph — P-0084 · 2026PAT-03

P-0088: archival photograph — P-0088 · 2026PAT-03 / PAT-04

Different places.
Different years.
Somehow, the same distance from the world.

Home. Coffee. Books. Restaurants. Planes. By the water.

141 photographs · 2018—2026

Editorial interpretation · 9 observed years, not necessarily every year in the range.

04

PAT-05 / WEATHER ON ORDINARY SURFACES

WEATHER CHANGES ORDINARY THINGS

LAB 002 / 04

P-0012: archival photograph — P-0012 · 2019PAT-04 / PAT-05

P-0017: archival photograph — P-0017 · 2019PAT-01 / PAT-04 / PAT-05

P-0020: archival photograph — P-0020 · 2019PAT-05

P-0031: archival photograph — P-0031 · 2020PAT-01 / PAT-05

P-0048: archival photograph — P-0048 · 2022PAT-05

P-0054: archival photograph — P-0054 · 2023PAT-05

P-0076: archival photograph — P-0076 · 2024PAT-02 / PAT-05

P-0079: archival photograph — P-0079 · 2025PAT-01 / PAT-05

P-0087: archival photograph — P-0087 · 2026PAT-05

I seem to notice ordinary places more
when something changes them.

Rain. Snow. Light. Reflections.

Rain. Snow. Clouds. Wet surfaces. Changing light.

192 photographs · 2017—2026

Editorial interpretation · 9 observed years, not necessarily every year in the range.

05

PAT-06 / IN BETWEEN DESTINATIONS

NOT HERE YET.

LAB 002 / 05

P-0002: archival photograph — P-0002 · 2017PAT-06

P-0003: archival photograph — P-0003 · 2017PAT-01 / PAT-05 / PAT-06

P-0004: archival photograph — P-0004 · 2018PAT-06

P-0011: archival photograph — P-0011 · 2019PAT-06

P-0016: archival photograph — P-0016 · 2019PAT-05 / PAT-06

P-0033: archival photograph — P-0033 · 2020PAT-05 / PAT-06

P-0046: archival photograph — P-0046 · 2022PAT-01 / PAT-06

A-cbc21d755e2e3958: archival photograph — A-cbc21d755e2e3958 · 2024PAT-05 / PAT-06

I photographed places
before arriving at them.

Planes. Airports. Stations. Tracks. Roads. Boats.

59 photographs · 2017—2026

Editorial interpretation · 8 observed years, not necessarily every year in the range.

06

EIGHT PATTERNS / ONE ARCHIVE

THE BIG PATTERN

Different subjects.
Recurring ways of looking.

P-0009: archival photograph — P-0009 · 2018PAT-07

P-0038: archival photograph — P-0038 · 2020PAT-07

P-0094: archival photograph — P-0094 · 2026PAT-01 / PAT-07

PAT-07

BUILT SPACES & PATHS

27727.1% of archive

P-0017: archival photograph — P-0017 · 2019PAT-01 / PAT-04 / PAT-05

P-0048: archival photograph — P-0048 · 2022PAT-05

P-0087: archival photograph — P-0087 · 2026PAT-05

PAT-05

WEATHER & LIGHT

19218.79% of archive

P-0014: archival photograph — P-0014 · 2019PAT-02

P-0044: archival photograph — P-0044 · 2021PAT-02

P-0062: archival photograph — P-0062 · 2023PAT-02

PAT-02

OBJECTS & DETAILS

18317.91% of archive

P-0001: archival photograph — P-0001 · 2017PAT-04

P-0080: archival photograph — P-0080 · 2025PAT-04 / PAT-05

P-0090: archival photograph — P-0090 · 2026PAT-01 / PAT-04

PAT-04

WATER

15014.68% of archive

P-0025: archival photograph — P-0025 · 2019PAT-03

P-0047: archival photograph — P-0047 · 2022PAT-03

P-0088: archival photograph — P-0088 · 2026PAT-03 / PAT-04

PAT-03

TABLES & FOOD

14113.8% of archive

P-0008: archival photograph — P-0008 · 2018PAT-01 / PAT-06

P-0043: archival photograph — P-0043 · 2021PAT-01 / PAT-02

P-0094: archival photograph — P-0094 · 2026PAT-01 / PAT-07

PAT-01

FRAMES & OPENINGS

767.44% of archive

P-0002: archival photograph — P-0002 · 2017PAT-06

P-0003: archival photograph — P-0003 · 2017PAT-01 / PAT-05 / PAT-06

P-0011: archival photograph — P-0011 · 2019PAT-06

PAT-06

IN BETWEEN

595.77% of archive

P-0058: archival photograph — P-0058 · 2023PAT-01 / PAT-03 / PAT-08

P-0065: archival photograph — P-0065 · 2023PAT-01 / PAT-03 / PAT-08

P-0077: archival photograph — P-0077 · 2024PAT-01 / PAT-03 / PAT-08

PAT-08

TABLE + OPENING

151.47% of archive

Patterns overlap. A photograph can belong to more than one.
These numbers must not be added together.

07 — SO, WHAT DO I NOTICE?

SO,
WHAT DO I NOTICE?

P-0081: archival photograph — P-0081 · 2025PAT-01 / PAT-04

AI found windows,
tables, weather, roads and water.

But maybe that’s not really
what I photograph.

Maybe I photograph
the distance between where I am
and what I’m looking at.

Editorial interpretation — a question to the author, not a measured conclusion.

08 — THE AI’S ANSWER

What does this person
seem to notice?

EXCERPT FROM THE EXISTING ANALYSIS · NOT A NEW ANALYSIS

这个人似乎反复留意：自己看向世界时经过的窗、门与玻璃；眼前桌面上具体的小东西；天气与光怎样落在普通空间；以及移动途中尚未抵达目的地的片刻。支持这些判断的不是一张代表作，而是跨年份重复的照片关系（PAT-01、02、03、05、06、08）。建筑和水提供经常出现的环境，但“我从哪里看、此刻什么让眼睛停下来”更能概括这些证据。它是一种可讨论的阅读，不是对人格或真实动机的诊断。

P-0091: archival photograph — P-0091 · 2026PAT-01 / PAT-02

P-0086: archival photograph — P-0086 · 2026PAT-04

09 — MY ANSWER

Still figuring it out.

The AI found the patterns.
I’m still figuring out
what they mean.

10 — LIMITATIONS

The patterns describe
the archive.
They do not diagnose
the person.

The experiment can find recurring visual patterns.

It cannot know:

why I took a photograph
what it meant to me
whether I noticed the pattern before
whether this archive represents everything I saw

1,022 retained photographs, not every photograph ever taken. Years are unevenly represented. Pattern counts use existing visual annotations; repeated scenes can affect frequency.