Invisible : covert operations and classified landscapes / Trevor Paglen ; with an essay by Rebecca Solnit.

Main entry:

Paglen, Trevor, photographer.

Title & Author:

Invisible : covert operations and classified landscapes / Trevor Paglen ; with an essay by Rebecca Solnit.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Aperture : [2010]
copyright 2010

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 28 cm

Notes:
Symbology (unit insignia, mission patches, and "challenge coins" of classified military and intelligence programs and projects): pages 55-73.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155).
The visibility wars / Rebecca Solnit -- Limit telephotography -- Symbology -- Code names -- The other night sky -- On ghosts -- Sources and methods.

Summary:

'Invisible' is Trevor Paglen's first photographic monograph. Social scientist, writer, and pro-vocateur, Paglen has been exploring the secret activities of the U.S. military and intelligence agencies - the 'black world' - publishing, speaking, and making astonishing photographs.

ISBN:

9781597111300 (hbk.)
1597111309 (hbk.)

Subject:

Paglen, Trevor Catalogs.
Paglen, Trevor
Paglen, Trevor 1974-
Military intelligence United States Pictorial works.
Espionage United States Pictorial works.
Intelligence service United States Pictorial works.
Defense information, Classified United States Pictorial works.
Documentary photography.
Insignia United States Pictorial works.
Intelligence service United States, depicted.
Military intelligence United States, depicted.
Military intelligence United States.
Service des renseignements militaires États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Espionnage États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Secret-défense États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie documentaire.
Service des renseignements militaires États-Unis.
documentary photography.
Photography.
Military intelligence
Defense information, Classified
Insignia
Intelligence service
Espionage
Fotografie
Geheimdienst
Militär
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Documentary photography.
Catalogs
Illustrated works
Documentary photographs.

Added entries:

Solnit, Rebecca, writer of supplementary textual content.
Aperture Foundation, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271492
Call No.: BIB 204652
Status: Available

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