Paglen, Trevor, photographer, author.

From the archives of Peter Merlin, aviation archaeologist / Trevor Paglen.

Brooklyn, NY : Primary Information, [2019]
©2019

140 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm

Features new photographs and text by artist Trevor Paglen, centered on the archive of Peter Merlin - a historian and leading expert on classified aircraft. Merlin, a former NASA archivist, has amassed a vast collection of flight wreckage, dossiers, and memorabilia - objects that are sometimes the only remnants of covert government operations. Paglen's stark photographs of these symbol-laden challenge coins, patches, models, and other objects build on his long-standing interest in the culture of secrecy while providing a fragmentary peek into decades of elusive military missions.

9781732098626 (paperback)
173209862X (paperback)

Merlin, Peter W., 1964- Archives Pictorial works.
Paglen, Trevor
United States. Air Force Insignia Pictorial works.
États-Unis. Air Force Insignes Ouvrages illustrés.
United States. Air Force
Defense information, Classified United States Pictorial works.
Aeronautics, Military Pictorial works.
Photography in archaeology.
Photography, Military.
Space photography.
Photography, Artistic.
Artists' books Specimens.
Livres d'artistes Spécimens.
Secret-défense États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Aéronautique militaire Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie en archéologie.
Photographie militaire.
Photographie spatiale.
Photographie artistique.
military photography.
art photography.
Artists' books
Archives
Armed Forces Insignia
Defense information, Classified
Documentary photography
United States

artists' books (books)
Specimens
Artists' books
Pictorial works
Artists' books New York (State) 21st century
Livres d'artistes.

Merlin, Peter W., 1964- collector.
Primary Information (Organization), publisher.

Location: Library main 305186
Call No.: BIB 250988
Status: Available