..." While indelible images of places like Yosemite taken in the 1860s have long been ingrained in American mythmaking, Mr. Paglen is interested in them as early assertions of military control. The War Department (now known as Defense) funded several reconnaissance missions into the West in the 1860s and 1870s and sent photographers as part of a push to capture the new territory. ..."

NYT The artist Trevor Paglen peers into the history of photography and its relationship to state surveillance.

we are the problem...

and yes I know all photos are scraped