Keeping Watch: Hasan Elahi, Lauren Grabelle, and Sheri Lynn Behr | LENSCRATCH

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Keeping Watch: Hasan Elahi, Lauren Grabelle, and Sheri Lynn Behr

Sometimes I think the idea that we are being “watched” is a little like being on social media. At first there is that uncomfortable feeling of being exposed to those who are unfamiliar and then one becomes used to having their lives on display. With surve

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In the late 1990’s I slipped anonymously into a job in the surveillance department at one of the largest casinos in the world. There I found myself with over 800 cameras at my fingertips, unlimited video recording abilities, and at the push of a button the option to “print” a frame seen on the monitor before me while searching remotely for human indiscretions. I became Photographer X.