Giant Portrait Answers “Bug Splat” Mentality

Giant Portrait Answers “Bug Splat” Mentality

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The giant portrait was installed by an artist collective in the region of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa in Pakistan, an area where drone attacks occur on a fairly regular basis.
The next time a drone operator looks down, he or she will be seeing the face of an innocent child instead of clusterings of white, shapeless blobs. And even if the installation gets pulled, the portrait was apparently designed to be big enough to register on satellite imagery, ensuring it at least has some staying power on online mapping systems.
The identity of the child depicted in the portrait is currently unknown, but according to the Reprieve/Foundation for Fundamental Rights, she has lost both of her parents as well as two siblings to drone attacks.

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