The photograph doesn't claim to be a participant, or to know, or to be a club member of whatever it's documenting - photography is more demanding when it doesn't pretend to know.
Taryn SimonI'm designing a seductive frame to attract an audience to a subject they would otherwise ignore. And that's what I do in all of my photography - give a stage to things that wouldn't normally receive that stage.
Taryn SimonArchives exist because there's something that can't necessarily be articulated. Something is said in the gaps between all the information.
Taryn SimonMy work is drawn to the political but avoids an agenda. There is no inherent critique or support.
Taryn Simon