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status: published
title: About MegaPixels
desc: About MegaPixels
slug: about
cssclass: about
published: 2018-12-04
updated: 2018-12-04
authors: Adam Harvey
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# About MegaPixels
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<li><a class="current" href="/about/">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/about/press/">Press</a></li>
<li><a href="/about/credits/">Credits</a></li>
<li><a href="/about/disclaimer/">Disclaimer</a></li>
<li><a href="/about/terms/">Terms and Conditions</a></li>
<li><a href="/about/privacy/">Privacy Policy</a></li>
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<p><div style="font-size:20px;line-height:36px">MegaPixels is art and research by <a href="https://ahprojects.com">Adam Harvey</a> about facial recognition datasets that aims to unravel their histories, futures, geographies, and meanings. Throughout 2019 this site, coded by Jules LaPlace, will publish research reports, visualizations, raw data, and interactive tools to explore how publicly available facial recognition datasets contribute to a global supply chain of biometric data that powers the global facial recognition industry.</div></p>
The MegaPixels website is produced in partnership with [Mozilla](https://mozilla.org).
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<img src="https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/about/assets/adam-harvey-3d.jpg" />
<h3>Adam Harvey</h3>
<p>is Berlin-based American artist and researcher. His previous projects (CV Dazzle, Stealth Wear, and SkyLift) explore the potential for countersurveillance as artwork. He is the founder of VFRAME (visual forensics software for human rights groups), the recipient of 2 PrototypeFund grants, and is a researcher in residence at Karlsruhe HfG.
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ahprojects.com
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<img src="https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/about/assets/jules-laplace-3d.jpg" />
<h3>Jules LaPlace</h3>
<p>is an American creative technologist also based in Berlin. He was previously the CTO of a digital agency in NYC and now also works at VFRAME, developing computer vision for human rights groups. Jules also builds creative software for artists and musicians.
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https://asdf.us
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