# Contemporary NFT Daily Week in Review: December 17, 2024

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## Summary

This week's Contemporary NFT Daily edition asks "What is an image today?" and presents NFT works that treat the image as both input and output. The selection includes works by Jim Goldberg, Todd Hido, and John Divola, which the newsletter describes as testaments to photography's documentary legacy. Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Trevor Paglen, Kevin Esherick, and Alina Trifan are named as exploring territories where the image functions in this dual way. The works are listed as Ethereum tokens held in private collections.

## Article

This week's expanded edition asks the question, "What is an image today?". Jim Goldberg, Todd Hido, and John Divola's works stand as testaments to photography's documentary legacy, while Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Trevor Paglen, Kevin Esherick, and Alina Trifan explore territories where the image exists as both input and output.

AI-Log by Alina Trifan, Summer Dusk. 2023. Ethereum. Private collection of 0x7fd0...F33C.

Jim Goldberg: Raised by Wolves, Sometimes Remembering Ain't No Fun. 2022. Ethereum. Private collection of 0x5628...626C.

The World Today (TWT), France Southern Border Bidasoa River/Hendaye-Irun 98. 2022. Ethereum. Private collection of 0x2A26...CF39.

Infinite Images by Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Infinite Images ∞ 19. 2024. Ethereum. Private collection of 0x0f01...987f.

Infinite Images by Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Infinite Images ∞ 74. 2024. Ethereum. Private collection of 0x309a...24Ec.

John Divola Isolated Houses, N34°09.948' W115°47.952'. 2022. Ethereum. Private collection of 0x8497...24cD.

In Utero by Kevin Esherick, Girl Running in a Field. 2024. Ethereum. Private collection of 0xAc59...ce08.

Evolved Hallucinations by Trevor Paglen, Tornado #6 (Corpus: Circles of Hell). 2024. Ethereum. Private collection of 0x02D7...Cd70.

Todd Hido Roaming, #10103. 2022. Ethereum. Private collection of 0xfF93...5cC3.

John Divola Isolated Houses, N34°11.115' W116°08.399'. 2022. Ethereum. Private collection of 0xfF93...5cC3.

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