Googlegrama: Guantánamo, 2006

Digital photo, 123 x 155.5 cm

An interrogation cell in the high security US prison Guantánamo. The photo was constructed using a freeware photomosaic program connected online to the Google search engine. The end result is composed of 10,000 images available on Internet, filtered using the criteria of the following search words: curiosity, knowledge, wisdom, philosophy, research, study, erudition, interview, discussion, oratory and eloquence.

Courtesy: Los Bragales Collection, Cantabria
Acknowledgments: Galería Juan Silió; Àngels Barcelona

Joan Fontcuberta

Spain, 1955. Lives in Barcelona

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