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    • PAN (Unknown; USA-207)
      2010
      C-print
      48 × 60 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • They Watch the Moon
      2010
      C-print
      36 × 48 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • The Fence (Lake Kickapoo, Texas)
      2010
      C-print
      50 × 40 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Artifacts (Anasazi Cliff Dwellings, Canyon de Chelly, Spacecraft in Perpetual Geosynchronous Orbit, 35,786 km Above Equator)
      2010
      Two C-prints
      40 × 50 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Reaper Drone (Indian Springs, NV; Distance ~ 2 miles)
      2010
      C-print
      30 × 36 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Time study (Predator; Indian Springs, NV)
      2010
      Eight gold toned albumen prints
      5 × 7 inches each

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Drone Vision
      2010
      Video intercepted from a communication satellite (edited)
      5 minutes

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Untitled (Reaper Drone)
      2010
      C-print
      48 × 60 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • MISTY 2/DECOY near Altair (Decoy Stealth Satellite; USA 144deb)
      2011
      C-print
      48 × 60 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Contrails (R-4808N Restricted Airspace, Nevada)
      2012
      C-print
      48 × 60 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Singleton/SBWASS-R1 and Three Unidentified Spacecraft (Space Based Wide Area Surveillance System; USA 32)
      2012
      C-print
      60 × 48 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • National Security Agency Utah Data Center; Bluffdale, UT
      2012
      C-print
      36 × 48 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • The Last Pictures (The Artifact open with image wafer exposed)
      2012
      Ultra-archival disc designed to last billions of years, with image wafer micro-etched with one hundred photographs and encased in a gold-plated shell, mounted to the anti-earth deck of communications satellite EchoStar XVI launched into a geostationary orbit

      Commissioned by Creative Time

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • The Last Pictures
      Details
      2012
      Silver gelatin silver prints
      24 × 32 inches each

      From a set of 100 photographs; Clockwise: Warning from Space; Demonstration of Eating, Licking, and Drinking; Construction of Hoover Dam; Humans Seen Through a Predator Drone; The Narbona Panel; The Wow! Signal

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Untitled (Reaper Drone)
      2013
      C-print
      48 × 60 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • X-37B/OTV-3 in Gemini (Orbital Test Vehicle, “Space Plane”; USA 240)
      2013
      C-print
      60 × 85 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Everyday Landscape: Sportsflight Airways, Richmor Aviation, Dyncorp, Central Intelligence Agency, 1996–2006
      2013
      56 pigment prints
      11 × 15 inches each

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Schematic drawing for Prototype for a Nonfunctional Satellite (Design 2; Build 1)
      2013

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Prototype for a Nonfunctional Satellite (Design 2; Build 1)
      2013
      Mixed media
      18 × 18 × 2 feet

      Installation view: Artpace, San Antonio, Texas

      Photo: Todd Johnson. Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Prototype for a Nonfunctional Satellite (Design 4; Build 3)
      Installation view: Protocinema, Istanbul, Turkey
      2013
      Mixed media
      diameter 12 feet

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • Prototype for a Nonfunctional Satellite (Design 4; Build 4)
      2013
      Mixed media
      diameter 16 feet

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Virginia
      2013
      C-print
      18 × 27 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

    • National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, Maryland
      2013
      C-print
      18 × 27 inches

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

      © Trevor Paglen

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