Research and Publications
2025 | First Author, Director of Photography
SMPTE MTS 2025: Paper published and presented
Stanley's research with the University of Southern California’s Mobile & Environmental Media Lab and Ganek Immersive Studio focuses on advancing imaging workflows for immersive 180º video production, supporting spatial content for the Apple Vision Pro. He developed an optimized image acquisition pipeline, balancing technical precision with accessibility for filmmakers and researchers.
This research has been published and presented at the 2025 SMPTE Media Technology Summit.
[WIP] The Post-Truth Camera: Designing a Hybrid Analog-Computational Camera System for Human + AI Imaging Arts
2025 | Project Lead, Designer
The Post-Truth Camera is an ongoing research project that investigates how cameras might evolve from neutral recorders into expressive, participatory tools in the age of AI. The project currently takes the form of an 8mm digital cinema camera built on constrained hardware, using lightweight, on-device AI style transfer as a way to surface the subjectivity of color science, optics, and image rendering at capture. Rather than presenting AI as a finished solution, the camera functions as a speculative prototype that asks how metadata, computation, and design choices shape trust, authorship, and perception in imaging systems. By combining analog visual language with modest computational augmentation, the project treats the camera itself as a cultural object whose limitations are part of the inquiry into truth, power, and creative agency.