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Deep Photography and the Politics of Satellite Reconnaissance
Evan Hume
Saturday, March 08 - 10:00AM to 11:00AM
Tuscany 12
This paper traces the complex relationship between photographic intelligence gathering and the evolving landscape of the United States national security state, focusing on the intersection of satellite photography and governmental secrecy in the context of geopolitical conflict from the Cold War to the present. Looking to redacted satellite photographs from declassified documents, I conceptualize these concealed images as "deep photography" - indications of the intelligence apparatus's regulation of knowledge and vision as well as the clandestine operations of the past and present.
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