Artist to check out: Taryn Simon

Amazing photographer and investigator.. works from The Innocents, American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, and Contraband are on display at the Milwaukee Art Museum through January 1st, 2012. (Or anywhere else in the world! Find all locations of current exhibitions on her website: www.tarynsimon.com


From American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar:

Great White Shark in Captivity, Million-Gallon Outer Bay,
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California

The Hoh Rain Forest, Understory and Forest Structure
Olympic National Park, Washington

Death Row Outdoor Recreational Facility, "The Cage"
Mansfield Correctional Institution, Mansfield, Ohio

Dynamo III, Studying Magnetic Fields and Impending Pole Reversal,
University of Maryland, Nonlinear, Dynamics Laboratory
College Park, Maryland



From The Innocents:

Calvin Washinton C&E Motel, Room No. 24, Waco, Texas
Where an informant claimed to have heard Washington confess
Served 13 years of a Life sentence for Capital Murder, 2002



From A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters:


Children of a Ukrainian orphanage



From Nonfiction:

Interior of Fidel Castro's Palace of the Revolution, 2003

Ski Dubai, The fist indoor ski resort in the Middle East, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai

The seperation Wall, 2005. Between Israel and the West Bank.

Maisara, Housewife, Tsunami Survivor.

Dr.Sri. Physician, Tsunami Survivor.



Watch Taryn talk about The Innocents and American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar on Ted:








All images and captions from www.tarynsimon.com



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