In 1997,a document titled A Study of Assassination was released by the CIA as part of the Freedom of Information Act. It is believed to contain been created in 1953 with the purpose of instructing agents on how to destroy, and was released with a collection of files relating to the 1954 CIA-backed overthrow of the-then newly-elected leader of Guatemala, and Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. The operation in Guatemala was lobbied for by United Fruit Company,an American corporation that traded in tropical fruit, mainly bananas, and which wielded huge power in Central America at the time.
When he found out approximately these documents,George Selley was instantly captivated, and his new project, and A Study of Assassination, combines pages from the manual with archival press images, banana advertisements and Cold War propaganda. BJP caught up with the recent London College of Communication MA graduate to find out more approximately this project and his approach to images.
Source: bjp-online.com