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Trevor Paglen has a section on this subject in his talk “ Seeing The Secret State: Six Landscapes” [1], it starts at around 28m. He details the symbolism and cl

Trevor Paglen has a section on this subject in his talk “ Seeing The Secret State: Six Landscapes” [1], it starts at around 28m. He details the symbolism and clues those logos provide. Highly recommended. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF4vQA7eWgE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF4vQA7eWgE

tonyarkles 7y ago
I watched that talk when it was first published. So so so well done!
wlkr 7y ago
Trevor Paglen [0] has produced some amazing works and many of my all time favourite photographs. I agree with you but also highly recommend those unaware of him look into his other publications and exhibitions. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Paglen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Paglen
- nyolfen 7y ago
  > many of my all time favourite photographs i'm particularly partial to this one: http://www.paglen.com/img/87web.jpg http://www.paglen.com/img/87web.jpg i emailed him to ask about buying a print but never heard back
  - ShamelessC 7y ago
    What's being photographed in this one?
    - nyolfen 7y ago
      > This photograph depicts a classified “listening station” deep in the forests of West Virginia. The station is located at the center of the “National Radio Quiet Zone,” a region of approximately 34,000 square kilometres in West Virginia and parts of Maryland. Within the Quiet Zone, radio transmissions are severely restricted: omnidirectional and high-powered transmissions (such as wireless internet devices and FM radio stations) are not permitted. > The listening station, which forms part of the global ECHELON system, was designed in part to take advantage of a phenomenon called “moonbounce.” Moonbounce involves capturing communications and telemetry signals from around the world as they escape into space, hit the moon, and are reflected back towards Earth. > The photograph is a long exposure under the full moon light.
sailfast 7y ago
I second (third?) Paglen’s work in this space. His book “I could tell you but then you’d have to be destroyed by me” is excellent.

tonyarkles 7y ago

I watched that talk when it was first published. So so so well done!

wlkr 7y ago

Trevor Paglen [0] has produced some amazing works and many of my all time favourite photographs. I agree with you but also highly recommend those unaware of him look into his other publications and exhibitions. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Paglen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Paglen

nyolfen 7y ago
> many of my all time favourite photographs i'm particularly partial to this one: http://www.paglen.com/img/87web.jpg http://www.paglen.com/img/87web.jpg i emailed him to ask about buying a print but never heard back
- ShamelessC 7y ago
  What's being photographed in this one?
  - nyolfen 7y ago
    > This photograph depicts a classified “listening station” deep in the forests of West Virginia. The station is located at the center of the “National Radio Quiet Zone,” a region of approximately 34,000 square kilometres in West Virginia and parts of Maryland. Within the Quiet Zone, radio transmissions are severely restricted: omnidirectional and high-powered transmissions (such as wireless internet devices and FM radio stations) are not permitted. > The listening station, which forms part of the global ECHELON system, was designed in part to take advantage of a phenomenon called “moonbounce.” Moonbounce involves capturing communications and telemetry signals from around the world as they escape into space, hit the moon, and are reflected back towards Earth. > The photograph is a long exposure under the full moon light.

sailfast 7y ago

I second (third?) Paglen’s work in this space. His book “I could tell you but then you’d have to be destroyed by me” is excellent.