Thursday 29 September 2016

Surveillance Photography Is Way Older Than You Think

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When did the surveillance state emerge? Maybe it was CCTV. Or the drones. The photos where you looked bad at a party and never wanted to be tagged on Facebook.

A lot of people would say, 'late 20th century.' But we've been spying on each other since the 19th century, since almost the invention of photography itself.

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