Documenting the Invisible: Political Agency in Trevor Paglen’s Limit Telephotography

Taken from up to forty miles away, Trevor Paglen's limit telephotography images of covert military bases in the American Southwest are blurred by dense atmopshere, dust and debris. In effect, his photographs are highly illegible, and thus the military bases escape any sort of revelation. Follow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gary Kafer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2016-11-01
Series:Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture
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Online Access:http://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/contemporaneity/article/view/161