Tag: Taryn Simon
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An Illicit Whole Earth Catalog at J.F.K. – Lens
An Illicit Whole Earth Catalog at J.F.K. Taryn Simon spent five days photographing the world’s material underbelly as it made its way through a New York airport. Miki Meek explains. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/behind-49/ Passengers, airliners, workers, baggage, cargo, taxis and trains flow ceaselessly through Kennedy International Airport. Taryn Simon recorded another ceaseless flow —…
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Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters
Link: Occupying five rooms and crafted into a 773-page book that should come with its own lectern; the work is a systematic record of 18 bloodlines or Chapters and their related stories. As with An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar (2007), Simon has unearthed an arbitrary selection of curious or nightmarish scenarios and…
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Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead
Link: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters is “an extended meditation on the political economy of fate” as Geoffrey Batchen describes it in the essay included in the catalogue that accompanies the exhibition. Simon’s new series explores the relationships between chance, blood and fate and records the effects of a combination of factors—territory,…
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Paris: Taryn Simon at the Jeu de Paume – The Eye of Photography
Paris: Taryn Simon at the Jeu de Paume The Jeu de Paume in Paris is holding a retrospective of the work of New York photographer Taryn Simon, winner of the Prix Découverte at the 2010 Rencontres d’Arles festival.
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Taryn Simon: the woman in the picture | The Observer
Taryn Simon: the woman in the picture Taryn Simon is currently the hottest property in art photography, with her work sought after by major museums across the world. On the eve of her latest show at Tate Modern, she talks to Sean O’Hagan about her complex and challenging images and the painst via the Guardian:…
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Taryn Simon, New York | Feature Shoot
Steidl recently published Simon’s book Contraband which includes photographs taken at both the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal Inspection site and the U.S. Postal Service International Mail Facility at John F. Kennedy International Airport. From November 16th 2009 to November 20th 2009, Simon remained on site at JFK and continuously photographed items detained or…
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Words On Photography — Taryn Simon Speaks
Via: Words On Photography, Tom Leninger — Taryn Simon Speaks
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lens culture: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2009
The four finalists for the annual Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2009 are Paul Graham, Emily Jacir, Tod Papageorge and Taryn Simon. The big winner will be awarded the prize of £30,000 on March 25, 2009. Check it out here.