A new body of large-format photographs investigating the aesthetics of surveillance infrastructure — rendering invisible orbital systems as luminous abstract forms.
An investigation into the rise of machine vision and the ways images are increasingly made for machines, not humans — reshaping the visual world entirely.
Order →A deep investigation into the secret geography of the United States — the classified military installations, black sites, and hidden landscapes that don't officially exist.
Order →A visual compendium of 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 vast 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 what it means to create 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, the Walker Art Center, and hundreds of galleries and institutions worldwide.
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