The Holocaust photographed from 30,000 feet — what happens when machines see what humans refuse to?
Farocki’s intriguing and troubling film explores the processes of visual perception and how they affect our understanding of history and society. In a work reminiscent of the writings of Paul Virilio and Michel Foucault, Farocki examines a range of phenomena including aerial reconnaissance photos of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Direction
Farocki's obsessive image dissection rewires your brain
Editing
Juxtapositions that accuse without raising voice
Director
Harun Farocki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Farocki discovered the Auschwitz aerial photos in CIA archives; they were declassified in 1978 but virtually ignored until his film.
This launched Farocki's 'operative images' obsession — his later video games essay and prison surveillance works all descend from here.
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