Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick in a slim walnut frame with an ivory mat

Portrait: Philip K. Dick in the early 1960s, photographed by Arthur Knight. Originally published on the jacket of the 1962 Putnam edition of The Man in the High Castle. Public domain in the United States, as documented by Wikimedia Commons.

For this site, the photograph was composited into an AI-generated walnut frame with an ivory mat. The frame finish and transparent edges were refined with AI assistance. View the resulting image.

Nick Land

Nick Land in a slender ebonized wood frame with an ivory mat

Portrait: Nick Land, October 2025, credited to Koolisid; crop by Wabbuh. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0.

For this site, the photograph was converted to black and white and composited into an AI-generated ebonized wood frame with an ivory mat. The resulting image is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Grigori Perelman

Grigori Perelman in a dark wooden frame with an ivory mat

Portrait: Grigori Perelman at Berkeley, September 1993, © George M. Bergman; crop by Roman Kubanskiy. Published on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0.

Frame: Empty Picture Frame on the Wall, © Dejan Krsmanovic, 2022, under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.

For this site, the photograph was converted to black and white and composited into the frame with AI assistance. The frame was straightened, its mat opening enlarged, and the surrounding background removed. The resulting image is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Paul Erdős

Paul Erdős in an antique ebony frame

Portrait: Paul Erdős in Budapest, 1992, photographed by Kmhkmh, under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.

Frame: Netherlandish ebony cassetta frame, 1630–40, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.2351). Frame photograph released under CC0.

The photograph was converted to black and white and composited into the frame with AI assistance; the frame was straightened and the surrounding background removed. The resulting image is available under CC BY 3.0.

Alan Turing

Alan Turing in a slim brass frame with an ivory mat

Portrait: Alan Turing, 1951, by Elliott & Fry. Public domain, as documented by Wikimedia Commons.

Frame: frame photograph by Polina, used under the Pexels License.

The photograph was composited into the frame with AI assistance. The frame was straightened, an ivory mat added, and the stand and surrounding background removed. The resulting image incorporates material under the source terms above.

David Hume

David Hume, painted by Allan Ramsay, in an antique gilt frame

Portrait: David Hume, painted by Allan Ramsay, 1766. National Galleries Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Public domain.

Frame: Louis XV Regency style frame, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.2247). Frame photograph released under CC0.

The painting was composited into the frame with AI assistance. The archival frame photograph was tinted aged gold, its opening adapted to the painting, and the surrounding background removed. View the resulting image.