Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead , Tate Modern | reviews, news & interviews
Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead..., Tate Modern
Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead..., Tate Modern
Portraits of Uday Hussein's double, a man with 9 wives and a feuding family
For her latest project, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII, American photographer Taryn Simon spent four years searching out families the world over whose lives have been defined by circumstances largely beyond their control – not natural calamities like floods, fires or earthquakes, but events orchestrated by other people. The stories are extraordinary.
For her latest project, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII, American photographer Taryn Simon spent four years searching out families the world over whose lives have been defined by circumstances largely beyond their control – not natural calamities like floods, fires or earthquakes, but events orchestrated by other people. The stories are extraordinary.
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