Simon, Taryn

Taryn Simon, Contraband [SIGNED 2010 1ST EDITION 1ST PRINTING - BLUE VERSION]

Steidl / Gagosian, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. SIGNED COPY - Steidl, Germany, 2010. Softcover in printed dust jacket (this jacket being the blue version). First Edition (stated), First Printing. 10 x 8 inches. 249 pages with numerous photographic images throughout. Accompanying text in English. For this project, Taryn Simon lived in John F Kennedy International Airport from November 16 through November 20, 2009. JFK processes more international passengers than any other airport in the United States. Contraband 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. Over five days, in both the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal Inspection Site and the U.S. Postal Service International Mail Facility, Simon documented items including counterfeit American Express travelers checks, overproof Jamaican rum, heroin, a dead hawk, an illegal Mexican passport, deer penis, purses made from endangered 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. SIGNED/INSCRIBED "For Jess," by Taryn Simon on the title page. BOOK CONDITION:  Very Good Plus (VG+); a solid, tight, clean copy with a slight bend in the upper right corner of the first 8 pages in a Very Good Plus (VG+) dust jacket showing light rubbing, soiling and wear to panels, edges and corners with a shallow bend in the upper right corner of the front panel, and a 1-inch closed tear to the lower spine. SIGNED. Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus. Item #11352
ISBN: 9783869301341

Price: $180.00