Emma Ardinghi as a Chimera

 

I must confess that, sometimes, technology takes you by surprise. I was, by this animation of Emma Ardinghi, my great-grandmother, made using the deepfake technology provided on this site. 

I have the portrait of Emma made by her husband, Antonio that I use as a background for my cell phone. I didn't expect it to become alive in this way. Illusion, sure, but the world is all an illusion. This animation is truly eerie as it gives life to a person who was born more than a century and a half ago. I wonder what Emma would have thought if she had known what could be done with her portrait and about her great-grand son.

I don't know the birthdate of Emma, but she may have been born in the 1860s. She died in the 1930s. You can read something about her story here. 

And here is the original portrait from which the animation was made.