LINDSEY AND MATTHEW

Lindsey Wixson styled by Jack Borkett, make up by Isamaya Ffrench for i-D.

Matthew is a deliverability engineer at MailChimp. He manages our delivery team, visits anti-abuse vendors, and spends a lot of time thinking about Gmail.

VISUALLY SIMILAR IMAGES

I want to understand the algorithms.

Google's image search feature is
endlessly fascinating - how Lindsey
Wixson's fashion anguish can
become a wholesome Californian
grin and a breaking wave becomes
a pixelated studio wall. 

CAMERAS, GOOGLE

Recently I discovered the google search image with image feature  (If you go to google images you can drag an actual image into the search box and it can usually identify it and provide an selection of 'visually similar' images). I can't understand how you'd even begin to teach a computer to do that.

But returning to my purposes... from the impressive hairline stuck on my wall and it came up with the original Hedi Slimane shoot and these, clever huh?