Representations and Operations:
A Short Genealogy of Image-Tecnologies

Rita Aktay

1. 'Terror of War', or commonly referred to as 'Napalm Girl', photograph by Nick Ut of Associated Press, taken in Vietnam, 1972.

2. Aerial reconaissance image from WWI showing progressive desturction under artillery fire, 1918, American Expeditionary Forces Photographic Section.

3. Harun Farocki, Eye/Machine I, still from video, 2001.

4. Screenshot of Google Maps screen, re-posted on The New Aesthetic Tumblr page in 2011.

5. NASA eart-imaging, 'Earthrise' taken from the Apollo 17 mission by astronauts on flight, 'Blue Marble 2002', composite patchworked images of remotely sensed data, resolution 50m square per pixel.

7. Forensic Architecture, MSNBC video - Interior Collage, composite image of video stills, 2014.

6. Threshold of Public Visibility. Pixels of a zoomed in satellite view of Pakistan, screenshot from Forensic Architecture investigation video for ‘Drone Strike in Miranshah’, 2014.