Featured Work — 2023
Palladium
Variation 40
Large-format photographs investigating the aesthetics of surveillance infrastructure — rendering invisible orbital systems as luminous abstract forms.
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Large-format photographs investigating the aesthetics of surveillance infrastructure — rendering invisible orbital systems as luminous abstract forms.
View the series →An investigation into machine vision and the ways images are increasingly made for machines, not humans — reshaping the entire visual world.
Order →A deep investigation into the secret geography of the United States — classified military installations and hidden landscapes that don't officially exist.
Order →The secret insignia of classified military programs — patches worn by people who officially don't exist, for projects that officially never happened.
Order →On the politics of visibility, the aesthetics of surveillance infrastructure, and the photographs that government agencies would prefer you never see.
An investigation into the datasets used to train machine learning systems — and what they reveal about whose perspective is embedded in AI.
Exhibition catalogue text exploring the technical and conceptual underpinnings of the new photographic series on classified satellite infrastructure.
Reflections on creating an artwork intended to outlast human civilization — launched aboard EchoStar XVI into permanent geostationary orbit.
Trevor Paglen is an artist and author whose work investigates mass surveillance, data collection, and the hidden infrastructures of contemporary power.
Working across photography, sculpture, investigative journalism, and experimental science, his practice makes visible the systems and spaces that shape modern life — yet remain largely unseen.
His work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Walker Art Center, among hundreds of institutions worldwide.
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