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Taryn Simon

Born

in New York City, NY, The United States

February 04, 1975

Website

https://www.tarynsimon.com

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Taryn Simon’s practice features rigorous research and an extensive engagement with archives, which help the artist explore systems of power. Her subjects have included bloodlines, the structure of the criminal justice system, and flower arrangements from photographs of political signings. Simon explores these interests in taxonomic photographs, text works, sculptures, films, and performances that critique long-standing institutions and the ways art has supported them.

The Innocents (2002), for example, documents wrongful conviction cases in the United States and considers how photography and mistaken identification can undermine criminal justice efforts. For An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar (2007), Simon photographed traditiona ...more

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Taryn Simon’s books

Average rating: 4.43 · 290 ratings · 46 reviews · 16 distinct works

	An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar by Taryn Simon (Photographer), Salman Rushdie (Contributor), Elizabeth Sussman 4.50 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Innocents by Taryn Simon (Photographer), Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld 4.56 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contraband really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters, I-XVIII by Taryn Simon (Artist), Geoffrey Batchen, Homi K. Bhabha 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taryn Simon: Birds of the West Indies by Taryn Simon (Photographer), Daniel Baumann (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taryn Simon: An Occupation of Loss by Taryn Simon, Aliza Watters (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taryn Simon: The Color of a Flea’s Eye: The Picture Collection by Taryn Simon, Joshua Chuang, Tim Griffin 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taryn Simon: Paperwork and the Will of Capital by Taryn Simon (Photographer), Kate Fowle (Contributor), Hanan Al-Shaykh (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	MONO.EDITIONEN #03 / TARYN SIMON 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars