{"product_id":"critical-collection-evan-hume-9781954119468","title":"Critical Collection: Image Intelligence and Empire","description":"Images mediate political operations, public and covert. It is difficult, if not impossible, to imagine the most significant events of the last century without the photographic forms in which they were captured. Lesser known and suppressed activities that have greatly impacted modern global power dynamics also leave photographic traces, and in many cases, photography has been at the center of clandestine actions by state and para-political actors. \u003ci\u003eCritical Collection\u003c\/i\u003e is an assemblage of declassified archival photographs and other found images processed and re-contextualized by artist and researcher Evan Hume. He obtains this source material primarily from the Central Intelligence Agency, National Archives, and National Reconnaissance Office. With photographic intelligence gathering at its core, Hume's work expands centrifugally, making unexpected visual and conceptual connections that form a complex web of fact and speculation. Hume employs experimental imaging methods to alter and combine the amassed photographs, exhibiting the malleability of images and historical narratives. At a time when there is a seemingly infinite stream of images at one's fingertips, Critical Collection compels viewers to look closely at the once-secret photographic systems that have shaped the world and imagine what remains unseen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evan Hume\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954119461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954119468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Daylight Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Evan Hume","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46881157349631,"sku":"9781954119468","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54ddfe4c-243e-46df-8825-8401a0e5ca82.jpg?v=1747970849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/critical-collection-evan-hume-9781954119468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}