I saw an exhibition by this incredible American Photographer around four years ago. I came across her actually by accident when in London and walked past the Photographers Gallery ( definitely worth a visit!) At the time she was exhibiting 'An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar'. I was particularly astounded by the beautifully haunting photograph of a mentally disabled tiger named Kenny, a condition brought on by selective inbreeding . In fact the whole exhibition was so extraordinary, I am hoping to get the book for my birthday! hint hint!
Available at: http://tarynsimon.com/works_americanindex.php
White Tiger (Kenny)
Selective Inbreeding, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and Foundation Eureka Springs, Arkansas
I have since been on a constant look out for more of her work, which is thought- provoking, captivating and often disturbing. So you can imagine my excitement when I found out she was showing at the Tate! Her current exhibition ' A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters' took her four years of research to put together, recording bloodlines and their related stories. The Photography is laid out as though in a catalogue, but the stories which follow the images are outstanding. In fact the Portraits which are left blank (where family members wish not to be recognised) often speck just as much as the others that surround them. She documents feuding families of Brazil, the body double of Saddam Hussein's son Uday, as well as animal testing on Rabits in Austrailia! The Exhibition is on until the 2nd of January 2012 and I definitely would recommend it. Take my word for it she is an artist worth visiting!!!
'Excerpt from Chapter VI, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters'
'Children from a Ukrainian orphanage: aged between six - sixteen.'
Sources:
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/tarynsimon/default.shtm
http://tarynsimon.com/works_livingmanindex.php
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