The U.S. generally wants to solve problems with coercion. That's kind of the default way the American state wants to try to solve problems. So there are many parallels between that: mass incarceration, mass surveillance, and militarism.
Trevor PaglenTo go and photograph an airbase is not only to photograph something but it is to insist on oneโs right to photograph. Youโre flexing that right.
Trevor PaglenI'm pretty cynical about the future, but I feel like that's not an ethical position for me to take. It's not okay for me to behave as if I'm cynical about the future. Even if I am.
Trevor Paglen