Baud Postma's solo show Cowboys & Flowers presents a new body of work inspired by AI-generated images of cowboys, which has never been exhibited before, alongside his ongoing photographic series of flowers.

Postma takes a labour-intensive and technical approach to large-format photography. Over the past decade, he has become known for developing his own analogue working methods and creating images with a distinctive texture and colour palette. His latest series, Death of the Author, marks a significant evolution in his practice. By integrating generative text-to-image AI with traditional analogue techniques, Postma blurs the boundaries between human intention and machine interpretation. In doing so, he invites viewers to reconsider what it means today to “take a photograph.” 

The artist’s ongoing series, A Slow Dance, began amidst the backdrop of the 2020 coronavirus lockdowns. Like many individuals navigating this period of uncertainty, Postma found solace in the simple act of bringing flowers into his London home. With the luxury of time, he began to isolate stems of interest, capturing the gradual unfolding off each bloom, patiently observing their subtle movements choreographed by the shifting sunlight.