Name: SIMON, Taryn - Contraband
SKU: 100403

Background information

"JFK processes more international passengers than any other airport in the United States. Taryn SIMON lived in 'John F Kennedy' International Airport from November 16 through November 20, 2009. Over five days, in both the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal Inspection Site and the U.S. Postal Service International Mail Facility, Taryn SIMON documented items including counter-feit American Express travelers checks, overproof Jamaican rum, heroin, a dead hawk, an illegal Mexican passport, deer penis, purses made from endan-gered species, Cuban cigars, counterfeit Disney DVDs, khat, gold dust, GHB concealed as house cleaner, cow manure tooth powder, counterfeit Louis Vuitton bags, prohibited sausage, undeclared jewelry, steroids and an ostrich egg.

Content

The photo book 'Contraband' by Taryn SIMON includes photographs taken 24 hours a day of over 1000 items detained or seized from passengers and express mail entering the U.S. from abroad." (© Steidl Verlag, 2010)