Large-format photographs investigating the aesthetics of surveillance infrastructure — rendering invisible orbital systems as luminous abstract forms suspended in deep space.
An investigation into machine vision and the ways images are increasingly made for machines, not humans.
Order →A deep investigation into the secret geography of the United States — classified installations that don't officially exist.
Order →The secret insignia of classified military programs — patches worn by people who officially don't exist.
Order →On the politics of visibility and the photographs that government agencies would prefer you never see.
An investigation into the datasets used to train machine learning systems and whose perspective is embedded in AI.
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 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, the Walker Art Center, and hundreds of institutions worldwide.
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