Viewing Distance

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Viewing Distance utilizes declassified material from US government archives to examine photography as role as an instrument of the military-industrial complex and intelligence apparatus for surveillance, reconnaissance, and documentation of advanced technologies.

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Evan Hume is an artist based in South Bend, Indiana where he is the Visiting Lecturer of Photography at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and MFA from George Washington University. Raised in the Washington, DC area, Hume's approach to photography is informed by the experience of living in the nations political center for much of his life and focuses on the mediums use as an instrument of the military-industrial complex and intelligence apparatus. He has exhibited widely at venues including Fotografiska (New York, NY), Filter Photo (Chicago, IL), and Furthermore (Washington, DC). Humes work has been featured by publications such as Aperture and Der Greif, and is included in the Museum of Contemporary Photographys Midwest Photographers Project.