Photographer Finds Limitless Vision With AI Art

By Maxim Boon, Production editor, Life and Leisure. Published June 25, 2025, 5.00am.

Phillip Toledano Pioneering AI Generated Art

Photographic artist Phillip Toledano is accustomed to being a pariah. He mentioned he has been on the receiving end of a two year long internet bludgeoning. Speaking from his New York apartment, he explained this is because after spending most of his two decade career as a traditional photographer, he has set aside his camera. He is now a trailblazer in AI generated art, conjuring worlds that are as surreal as they are uncanny.

Surreal Visions Another America and Future Works

His significant 2023 collection, Another America, which was exhibited last year at the Planches Contact photography festival in Deauville, France, and the AI Biennale in Essen, Germany, explores this new direction. The work features a mid century inspired cityscape. This imagined world is populated by women with their hair ablaze, Zeppelins menacingly floating between skyscrapers, and wolves stalking the sidewalks. A companion series, Another England, is set to be published later this year.

About the Author

Maxim Boon is Production editor for Life and Leisure at The Financial Review.