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The camera as an instrument of control. Examine the history of the "unseen eye"—from early criminal identification to the modern network of CCTV and facial recognition.

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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to surveillance
War
2Second World War (1939-1945): Photography and resistance in lands under Nazi occupation
Photographers
3Paul Martin: Street photography
4Walker Evans: The subway portraits
5Weegee: Infrared photography
6Miroslav Tichy: Women
7Sophie Calle: The intimacy of human behaviour
Aerial photography and reconnaissance
8First World War (1914-1918): Aerial reconnaissance and bombing photography
9Second World War (1939-1945): Aerial reconnaissance and bombing photography
10Justification for the Iraq War (2003-2011)
Satellite surveillance
11Satellite and space station imaging
12Satellite Sentinel and the Enough Project
13The contemporary street and surveillance
Drones
14Drone-borne photography
Surveillance monitoring imagery
15Lewis Bush: Shadows of the State (2017 or earlier)
16Thomas Ruff: Nacht (Night)

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