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The Last Pictures by Trevor Paglen

thomcat's review against another edition

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2.0

Interesting, and I appreciate the reasons behind some of the pictures. I liked the story of other artifacts, and the scientific expectations of how long they (and this) could last. Something about the picture selection was just jarring, though.

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5.0

The Last Pictures picks up where Carl Sagan left off with the photos sent into space on Voyager. Paglen updates mankind's portfolio with a new selection of 100 images. And then he goes to MIT to figure out how to make this transmission last a long time. The portfolio gets attached to a satellite and launched into orbit. This is some big "what if" thinking that is backed up by some serious doing. Highly recommended.
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