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There must be a billion photographs about Israel from the birth of photography to the present. I wondered how I could capture the sense of the place and cultures within it. How could I find a different and intriguing approach? I looked back to ethnographic research in Cali, Colombia and in projects in the U.S.-Mexico border region. I could buy a more expensive camera. I could also create my own art. Here is what I learned to see over nearly forty years. When I first traveled to Israel in 1985, I was a tourist. Many of my wife’s relatives lived there, having escaped or been forced to leave Iraq in the early 1950s. That was when I snapped photographs. I had yet to become a proficient digital artist. It wasn’t until the late 1990s that I would be able to repurpose my earlier photographs. An adventure in visual art and my relation to Israel began to emerge. I began to impose meaning on my travels to Israel. It was not just being there, but being there in multiple ways with the changing technology of photography and the digital darkroom. My photographs are often edited as digital art. In one photo from 1985, I deleted a view of the Kidron valley below the way up to the Temple Mount. There was a line of rabbis overlooking a low wall. I saw the valley as a distraction. I added clouds from my home in Poway. I now found a sense of awe in the image. I don’t know whether the rabbis had experienced what I imagined. But my image pictured it that way. Years later, I was surprised to see my image resonating with Exodus 24:10 — and they saw the God of Israel — under whose feet was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire. Perhaps I was now seeing what others had imagined in biblical times. In one way it became my just-so story. Places of Significance When I revisited Israel in 2007, I became intrigued with digital infrared photography, The structure of the photographic image remains the same, but the color and lighting sensibility changes. Israel became infrared. This was about using photography, and editing it, to pay attention — a way of mindfulness. Henry Miller captures what I was finding in Israel in blades of grass, about this sense of paying attention: “The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” So, too, I was finding the places and cultures in Israel. In the moment of taking photographs and inquiring into them with image editing. Israel in a Smartphone I was among those trading in their cameras for smartphones. Perhaps the loss in high resolution was not a loss at all. The photos could retain their structure while sacrificing a bit of sharp lines, texture and color. For most photos, the loss was barely noticeable and whatever was lost could be mostly regained with digital editing. Perfection continued to give way to good enough. But the technology was not static, it improved. It was now 2023 and I decided to rely on my smartphone camera. The important question for me was weighted toward the art and less the measures of technical accuracy. Could AI Model What My Camera Saw? Once more I went to Israel. COVID had delayed my travels. It was now 2023. I began to experiment with generative AI to create images. The most accessible platform was DALLE2 (an OpenAI technology). My plan was to take photos with my smartphone; then I would type words that described what I was seeing into the generative AI platform. My plan was to see if my words could capture what I saw. These two images — the actual photo and the AI replicant — would frame a conversation for me. How do these two realities gibe with each other? One seen and the other energized by my words and filtered through the layers, loops and algorithms that had a database of millions of images on which it had been trained. This was an experiment in “seeing” or understanding what it is that we tell ourselves what it is we are seeing. Often, I would have to change my wording to reach a more accurate approximation of what I was seeing. I admit this was a strange experiment. But it was an intellectual exercise that challenged how my words reflected what I perceived. What I was rewarded with was not what my photograph pictured so much as a surprise. Even when I found that the generative AI image was wrongheaded, it was a way to ask myself, What is Israel? The way these generative AI models crafted its versions of my text prompts was biased and puzzling, then and even now. I found myself in one moment having a coffee and pastry at a local café. As my wife and friends chatted, a woman got up. She was juggling her coffee, phone and cigarette. I tried to capture that moment with this text prompt: photorealistic image, middle aged woman, just finished her coffee outside outdoor cafe, cigarette in one hand, cell phone and coffee in her other hand. We have launched our year-end campaign. Our goal: Raise $50,000 by Dec. 31. Help us get there. Times of San Diego is devoted to producing timely, comprehensive news about San Diego County. Your donation helps keep our work free-to-read, funds reporters who cover local issues and allows us to write stories that hold public officials accountable. Join the growing list of donors investing in our community's long-term future. The original photo on the left is an example of street photography. The woman, outside a Tel Aviv café, is struggling to balance her coffee and cell phone (and possible her purse as well) while smoking a cigarette. The images to the right are examples of using a description of the woman as a prompt in two different generative AI models. The DALLE2 image lacks the near perfect rendition found in Epic Realism. Neither, though, capture the entire detail provided in the text prompt. As I tweaked the test, the generative AI models continued to improve. But an important question remained. In using AI, there is no human authorship unless one considers the text prompt sufficient to qualify as the human element. Still, there is potential benefit. If one could not access an unfolding reality, perhaps the AI platform could help imagine it. Picasso had imagined the horror of Guernica . Could AI do as well for the unfolding horror of Oct. 7? That was what wondered as we waited in our Tel Aviv apartment. Our thoughts tried to catch up to the unfolding horror. Imagining Oct. 7 I tried to imagine what was happening in our building. We were shown the stairs outside our apartment. There were already other residents sitting there. My text prompt to DALLE2 described an odd staircase with individuals oddly grabbing each other. The generative AI images often fail to picture the reality we can see; it may refuse to honor our words because of its algorithmic biases, company policies and guidelines; it may be unable to translate our words into what we perceive. In this sense, AI images fail to supplant our own creativity. I was determined to capture what I experienced on Oct. 7. Since coming back from Israel, I started working with other generative AI platforms including Stable Diffusion. This allowed me to keep the same structure of the image while adding a multitude of novel and unexpected elements. I returned to one of the photos I took on Oct. 7. We were shown our building’s bomb shelter by one of the other tenants. It was a basement room that appeared never to have been used. The photograph pictured a drab stairwell leading down to the building’s safe room. I wanted to bring that stairwell into the aesthetic that drove Picasso’s Guernica to Dali’s Premonition of Civil War to Goya’s The Third of May 1808. This stairwell was not the horror of the south of Israel ; it was a different fear — a tourist in Tel Aviv. I would be naïve to think that picturing reality would be better with a camera, AI or digital image editing. Or a paintbrush. Or with any tools an artist might choose. Our eyes center reality, but even then we are deceived. Still, we try to understand the reality in which we exist. Joe Nalven is a San Diego-based digital artist. He is the author of Going Digital: The Practice and Vision of Digital Artists (Thompson, 2005). He will be giving a public lecture at the Coronado Public Library on Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. The lecture is free and sponsored by the Center for Jewish Culture. For more information: Tel. 858-362-1150 or www.lfjcc.org . Get Our Free Daily Email Newsletter Get the latest local and California news from Times of San Diego delivered to your inbox at 8 a.m. daily. Sign up for our free email newsletter and be fully informed of the most important developments.VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. (" Lithium Argentina ” or the " Company ”) ( TSX: LAAC ) ( NYSE: LAAC ) today announced that it has filed its notice of meeting, management information circular (the " Circular ”), notice-and-access notification, form of proxy, voting instruction form and virtual meeting guide (collectively, the " Meeting Materials ”) in connection with its previously announced special meeting of shareholders on January 17, 2025 (the " Meeting ”) to approve a redomiciling of the Company in Switzerland under the new name, Lithium Argentina AG, and ancillary matters. The move, which requires shareholder, stock exchange and court approval, is expected to occur in early 2025. HIGHLIGHTS The Meeting is scheduled to be held virtually at https://meetnow.global/MDAUKRK on Friday, January 17 at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Time). Shareholders as of the close of business on December 3, 2024 (the " Record Date ”), are entitled to vote at the Meeting. Shareholders are encouraged to access the Meeting Materials and vote electronically. The specific details of matters to be put before the Meeting are set forth in the Circular. The Meeting Materials have been posted in full, and are available for review via the internet without charge, on the Company's website at http://lithium-argentina.com/investor-relations/Special-Meeting , and under the Company's SEDAR+ and EDGAR profile at www.sedarplus.ca and www.sec.gov , respectively. Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (" Broadridge ”), on behalf of the Company, has mailed the notice-and-access notification and voting instruction form to U.S. non-registered shareholders in accordance with its applicable procedures. In light of the ongoing postal strike and given the high demand for courier services, Broadridge has couriered the notice-and-access notification and voting instruction form to certain Canadian non-registered shareholders in accordance with its applicable procedures. Registered U.S. and Canadian shareholders will be mailed and couriered, respectively, the notice-and-access notification and form of proxy by the Company's transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc. (" Computershare ”). This news release is being made in accordance with the interim order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia dated December 4, 2024 and constitutes valid delivery of the Meeting Materials in lieu of prepaid ordinary mail delivery of Meeting Materials due to the ongoing postal strike in Canada. VOTING ASSISTANCE & QUESTIONS In the event that the ongoing postal strike in Canada continues, registered shareholders are encouraged to contact Laurel Hill Advisory Group, the Company's proxy solicitation agent, by telephone at 1-877-452-7184 (North American Toll Free) or 416-304-0211 (Collect Outside North America), or by email at [email protected] to obtain and return their proxies in connection with the Meeting. Non-registered shareholders are encouraged to contact their brokers or intermediaries in order to obtain their control numbers and to make arrangements for the return of their voting instruction forms in connection with the Meeting. For details on how to vote at the Meeting, please see " Voting Information ” in the Circular. To vote via the internet or by phone: ABOUT LITHIUM ARGENTINA Lithium Argentina is an emerging producer of lithium carbonate for use primarily in lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles. The Company, in partnership with Ganfeng Lithium Co, Ltd., is operating the Caucharí-Olaroz lithium brine operation in Argentina and advancing development of additional lithium resources in the region. Lithium Argentina currently trades on the TSX and on the NYSE. For further information contact: Investor Relations Telephone: +1 778-653-8092 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lithium-argentina.com FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION This news release contains "forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and "forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (collectively referred to herein as "forward-looking information”). These statements relate to future events or the Company's future performance. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, may be forward-looking information. Forward-looking information generally can be identified by the use of words such as "seek,” "anticipate,” "plan,” "continue,” "estimate,” "expect,” "may,” "will,” "project,” "predict,” "propose,” "potential,” "targeting,” "intend,” "could,” "might,” "should,” "believe” and similar expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking information, including, without limitation, with respect to the following matters or the Company's expectations relating to matters such as the intention to establish corporate domicile in Switzerland; the approval of the redomicile; the holding of a special meeting of shareholders; and the continued conduct of our business. Forward-looking information does not take into account the effect of transactions or other items announced or occurring after the statements are made. Forward-looking information contained in this news release is based upon a number of expectations and assumptions and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to those related to: uncertainties with respect to obtaining all applicable shareholder, court and regulatory approvals or satisfying other requirements necessity or desirability of permitting or facilitating the completion of the transaction; the continued listing on the TSX and NYSE; being subject to satisfying all conditions prescribed by the exchanges; there being no guarantee that the redomiciling will procure the anticipated benefits nor that the expected impacts will materialize as expected; potential adverse tax consequences resulting from the transaction; discretion of the Company to implement the redomicile or not; risks associated with the Company being governed under a different corporate legal regime post continuation; change in the rights of shareholders as a result of the continuation; unforeseen events that could prevent, delay in or increase in cost of completing the continuation; uncertainties inherent to feasibility studies and mineral resource and reserve estimates; global financial markets, general economic conditions, competitive business environments, and other factors that may negatively impact the Company's financial condition; the inability of the Company to secure sufficient additional financing to develop the Company's mineral projects; and all the other risk factors identified herein and in the Company's latest annual information form and in other continuous disclosure filings available on SEDAR+ and EDGAR. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this press release and, except as required by applicable law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned that the actual results achieved will vary from the information provided herein and that such variations may be material. Consequently, there are no representations by the Company that actual results achieved will be the same in whole or in part as those set out in the forward-looking statements. This press release does not constitute a solicitation of any proxy nor the offering of any securities of the Company.Authorities and emergency response teams were quick to assess the situation and ensure the safety of residents in the affected areas. Evacuations were carried out in some locations as a precautionary measure, and inspections of infrastructure such as bridges, roads, and buildings were conducted to assess any potential damage.The term "lying flat" originated in China, highlighting a passive attitude towards work and life, where individuals prioritize leisure and personal fulfillment over traditional career aspirations. This mindset has led many young people to adopt a minimalist lifestyle, reducing expenses, and saving as much as possible to avoid overworking themselves in pursuit of unattainable wealth.