The Last Pictures
Project Added: December 1, 2020
![A black and white photo of a rocket launching, with smoke surrounding the bottom of the rocket.](/system/files/styles/project_database_node_header/private/2021-08/The%20Last%20Pictures%20-%20Olivia%20Cintron.jpg?itok=gwjtdmeE)
Soyuz Rocket launch
Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
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Cambridge, MassachusettsRegion:
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Visual artPopulation Density:
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Project Website:
http://paglen.com/lastpictures/main.php?m=overview&p=OVERVIEW
The Last Pictures collaboration between Trevor Paglen and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a 100 photograph micro-etched disc depicting a story of uncertainty about the future. It was mounted to the EchoStar XVI satellite in 2012 and will reach a graveyard orbit after 15 years.