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    Trevor Paglen
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    • Morning Commute (Gold Coast Terminal); Las Vegas, NV; Distance ~ 1 mile; 6:26 a.m.
      2006
      C-print
      30 × 36 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Chemical and Biological Weapons Proving Ground; Dugway, UT; Distance ~ 42 miles; 10:51 a.m.
      2006
      C-print
      50 × 50 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Black Site, Kabul, Afghanistan
      2006
      C-print
      24 × 36 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Code Names: Classified Military and Intelligence Programs (2001–2007)
      2009
      Wall installation
      dimensions variable

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Missing Persons
      detail
      2006
      Five framed archival inkjet prints
      14 × 11 inches each

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Five Classified Squadrons
      2007
      Five fabric patches, framed
      15¼ × 32¾ × 2¼ inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Five Classified Aircraft
      2007
      Five fabric patches, framed
      15¼ × 32¾ × 2¼ inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • KEYHOLE 12-3 (IMPROVED CRYSTAL) Optical Reconnaissance Satellite Near Scorpio (USA 129)
      2007
      C-print
      59 × 47½ inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • LACROSSE/ONYX V Radar Imaging Reconnaissance Satellite Crossing the Disk of the Moon (USA 182)
      2007
      C-print
      35 × 35 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Unidentified Light Source; Cactus Flats, NV; Distance ~17 miles
      2007
      C-print
      30 × 36 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • N5177C at Gold Coast Terminal; Las Vegas, NV; Distance ~ 1 mile
      2007
      C-print
      40 × 50 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Four Geostationary Satellites Above the Sierra Nevada
      2007
      C-print
      48 × 60 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • LACROSSE/ONYX V near Cepheus (Synthetic Aperture Radar Reconnaissance Satellite; USA 182)
      2008
      C-print
      48 × 60 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Nine Reconnaissance Satellites Over the Sonora Pass
      2008
      C-print
      48 × 60 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Detachment 3; Air Force Flight Test Center; Groom Lake, NV; Distance ~ 26 miles
      2008
      C-print
      40 × 50 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • WHITE CLOUD/PARCAE Rocket Body from Inspiration Point (Naval Ocean Surveillance System; USA 173)
      2008
      C-print
      30 × 37½ inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • DMSP 5B/F4 from Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation (Military Meteorological Satellite; 1973-054A)
      2009
      C-print
      37½ × 30 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • DMSP B5D2-8 from Yavapai Point (Military Meteorological Satellite; 1995-015A)
      2009
      C-print
      50 × 40 inches

      Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

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