Not.A Photo

This is not a photo, it is an arrangement of pixels simulating a photograph. In "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," Walter Benjamin observes that photos are copies without originals, infinitely reproducible images that devalues the meaning of art, it's "aura." NFTs promise to give images back their "aura" by making it possible to make the image a verifiably unique item with a traceable provenance.