discourse • is photography over?

from 'is photography over?' summit on the state of the medium organized by sfmoma in san francisco, april 22-23, 2010. "given the nature of contemporary art practice, the condition of visual culture, the advent of new technologies, and many other factors, what is at stake today in seeing something as a photograph? what is the value of continuing to speak of photography as a specific practice or discipline? is photography over?" more here.

discourse • is photography over?

from 'is photography over?' summit on the state of the medium organized by sfmoma in san francisco, april 22-23, 2010. "given the nature of contemporary art practice, the condition of visual culture, the advent of new technologies, and many other factors, what is at stake today in seeing something as a photograph? what is the value of continuing to speak of photography as a specific practice or discipline? is photography over?" more here.

trevor paglen

trevor paglen's 'the other night sky” is a project to track and photograph classified american satellites in earth orbit. see more here.

[all trevor paglen. from the series the other night sky.]

trevor paglen • limit telephotography

trevor paglen is an experimental geographer. his work involves spying on the government. these are pictures of remote u.s. military bases taken with high powered telescopes. he has said this about this work: "it is easier to photograph the depths of the solar system than it is to photograph the recesses of the military industrial complex." there's a nice article about trevor here. and see more of his work here.

[both trevor paglen. top to bottom: chemical + biological weapons proving ground, dugway, utah, distance 22 miles, 11:17 am. large hangars and fuel storage,
tonopah test range, nevada, distance 18 miles, 10:44 am.]