Boris Eldagsen (born 1970) studied fine arts at the art academies of Mainz, Prague, and the University of Hyderabad (India) as well as philosophy at the universities of Cologne and Mainz.
As a photomedia artist, his exhibitions have been featured at international institutions and in festivals since 2000. Since 2004, he has been teaching at international art colleges in Melbourne, Singapore, Dhaka, and the Akademie für Bildende Künste Mainz and the Hochschule Furtwangen in Germany. He gives workshops for the Goethe-Institut, festivals, and museums.
In April 2023, he refused the Sony World Photography Awards (Open category / Creative), admitting that he entered with an AI-generated image to test the conditions of photo competitions and initiate a debate about the relationship between AI-generated images and photography.
