Blue Sky Days
10 November 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
People exercising in central Philadelphia. Drone operators may
consider such ‘signature behaviors’ as evidence of the existence of a
training camp.
Since 2002, the US has used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or
drones) to collect intelligence and carry out airstrikes in Pakistan,
Yemen and Somalia. The aircraft are guided via satellite by distant
operators. The attacks have resulted in a large number of fatalities,
including hundreds of civilians. The photographer bought a small drone,
fitted it with a camera, and flew it in the US over the sorts of
gatherings that have become habitual targets for airstrikes
abroad—weddings, funerals, groups of people praying or exercising. He
also used it to photograph settings in which drones are used to less
lethal effect, such as oil fields, prisons, and the US-Mexico border.
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