PAN (Unknown; USA-207)2010C-print48 × 60 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
They Watch the Moon2010C-print36 × 48 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
The Fence (Lake Kickapoo, Texas)2010C-print50 × 40 inchesCourtesy 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)2010Two C-prints40 × 50 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
Reaper Drone (Indian Springs, NV; Distance ~ 2 miles)2010C-print30 × 36 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
Time study (Predator; Indian Springs, NV)2010Eight gold toned albumen prints5 × 7 inches eachCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
Drone Vision2010Video intercepted from a communication satellite (edited)5 minutesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
Untitled (Reaper Drone)2010C-print48 × 60 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
MISTY 2/DECOY near Altair (Decoy Stealth Satellite; USA 144deb)2011C-print48 × 60 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
Contrails (R-4808N Restricted Airspace, Nevada)2012C-print48 × 60 inchesCourtesy 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)2012C-print60 × 48 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
National Security Agency Utah Data Center; Bluffdale, UT2012C-print36 × 48 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
The Last Pictures (The Artifact open with image wafer exposed)2012Ultra-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 orbitCommissioned by Creative Time
Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
The Last PicturesDetails2012Silver gelatin silver prints24 × 32 inches eachFrom 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)2013C-print48 × 60 inchesCourtesy 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)2013C-print60 × 85 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
Everyday Landscape: Sportsflight Airways, Richmor Aviation, Dyncorp, Central Intelligence Agency, 1996–2006201356 pigment prints11 × 15 inches eachCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
Schematic drawing for Prototype for a Nonfunctional Satellite (Design 2; Build 1)2013Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
Prototype for a Nonfunctional Satellite (Design 2; Build 1)2013Mixed media18 × 18 × 2 feetInstallation 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, Turkey2013Mixed mediadiameter 12 feetCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
Prototype for a Nonfunctional Satellite (Design 4; Build 4)2013Mixed mediadiameter 16 feetCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Virginia2013C-print18 × 27 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen
National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, Maryland2013C-print18 × 27 inchesCourtesy the artist, Metro Pictures, Altman Siegel, and Galerie Thomas Zander
© Trevor Paglen




















