The following 1,075 photographs were 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, New York. From November 16, 2009 through November 20, 2009, Taryn Simon remained on site at JFK and continuously photographed items detained or seized from passengers and express mail entering the United States from abroad.
Taryn Simon was born in New York in 1975. Her most recent work, Contraband, which includes 1075 photographs of items detained or seized from passengers and express mail entering the U.S. from abroad, exposes the desires and demands that drive the international economy as well as the local economies that produce them. Her previous work, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, reveals that which is integral to America's foundation, mythology and daily functioning, but remains inaccessible or unknown to a public audience.
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Illustrations: 1_Taryn Simon "Nesting dolls with Disney characters, Snow White (counterfeit)NESTING DOLLS (COUNTERFEIT)" /// 2_Taryn Simon "Cigarettes, eight cartons, Marlboro (passenger declined to pay tax) (abandoned) CIGARETTES & TOBACCO (ABANDONED/ILLEGAL/PROHIBITED)"
