A boy lying among plastic bottles in a landfill, looking up at the sky

Eyes Wide Open !

We won’t be able to tell our children that we were not aware, yet we are doing so little!

Discover the series

Eyes Wide Open is a series of deliberately shocking photographs by Blaise Thiercelin, created with AI to prompt a reaction to climate change, plastic pollution and overconsumption. Every image is free of copyright.

In the press: EFE · La Vanguardia · ABC · EFE Verde · El Imparcial

Questions

Can I use these photos?

Yes. All Eyes Wide Open photos are free of copyright. Anyone using them commits to donating any proceeds to the charity of their choice.

How do I get a high-resolution file?

Write to info@eyeswideopen.fr: the photos are available in any size or format, free of charge.

How are the photos made?

Blaise Thiercelin, a photographer with over 30 years of experience, creates them with artificial intelligence as a new photographic tool.

Why use artificial intelligence?

For Blaise Thiercelin, AI is a new darkroom: it lets him build settings and characters that reality cannot show. Every image starts from a hand-drawn storyboard; the AI is guided, not left to create on its own.

Where has Eyes Wide Open been exhibited?

At the Salon Marjolaine in Paris in November 2024 (six days, 60,000 visitors), at the CEC Impact Convention in La Défense in front of 160 business leaders, and at the Alliance Française in Madrid from 28 April to 29 July 2025.