In my work, I construct texts and images. Between those two points the blur occurs. Each is altered by the other again and again, back and forth.
Taryn SimonArchives exist because there's something that can't necessarily be articulated. Something is said in the gaps between all the information.
Taryn SimonThere is no truth in photography. One can't reproduce an absolute truth. That said, I don't see [my photographs] as being any less truthful than any other photographs.
Taryn SimonI want to see everything. I guess the positive version of not seeing or not knowing would be preservation of fantasy.
Taryn SimonSimulations directly relate to the process of and complications in photography. They also overtly create layers of fantasies, myths and interventions... The simulation confuses the idea of a truth. I've always been interested in this kind of theater and illusion at the foundation of belief.
Taryn Simon