Author: Trevor Paglen

Quotes

People like to say that my work is about making the invisible visible, but that's a misunderstanding. It's about showing what invisibility looks like.

People like to say that my work is about making the invisible visible, but that's a misunderstanding. It's about showing what invisibility looks like.

- Trevor Paglen

The dragon is a very consistent symbol of secret satellite iconography and signals intelligence satellites.

The dragon is a very consistent symbol of secret satellite iconography and signals intelligence satellites.

- Trevor Paglen

Seeing various aspects of the secret state and surveillance state echoes a long tradition in art of looking at the sublime.

Seeing various aspects of the secret state and surveillance state echoes a long tradition in art of looking at the sublime.

- Trevor Paglen

I really don't think art is good at answering questions. It's much better at posing questions - and even better at simply asking people to open their eyes.

I really don't think art is good at answering questions. It's much better at posing questions - and even better at simply asking people to open their eyes.

- Trevor Paglen

I believe that art can make relevant and progressive contributions to culture and society.

I believe that art can make relevant and progressive contributions to culture and society.

- Trevor Paglen

For me, there's something very romantic about going and looking at the stars and trying to photograph spy satellites.

For me, there's something very romantic about going and looking at the stars and trying to photograph spy satellites.

- Trevor Paglen

Much of the way we understand the world is through images. That's what I think good art does - it teaches you how to see the historical moment that you live in.

Much of the way we understand the world is through images. That's what I think good art does - it teaches you how to see the historical moment that you live in.

- Trevor Paglen

If we look in the right places at the right times, we can begin to glimpse America's vast intelligence infrastructure.

If we look in the right places at the right times, we can begin to glimpse America's vast intelligence infrastructure.

- Trevor Paglen

We didn't have to use technology to build a surveillance state.

We didn't have to use technology to build a surveillance state.

- Trevor Paglen

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