Monday, January 31, 2011

from The Hiphop Project

from The Schoolgirls Project

from The Yuppies Project

from The Ohio Project
NIKKI S LEE

"After observing particular subcultures and ethnic groups, Nikki S. Lee adopts their general style and attitude through dress, gesture, and posture, and then approaches the group in her new guise." --

Friday, January 28, 2011

Canaries, Las Palmas, 2004
ANTOINE D'AGATA
Small Black Glove, 2009
Soccer ball, 2009
from The Summer of Us

Splash, 2004
Eli Creek, 2003
from Watercolours


NARELLE AUTIO

Saturday, January 22, 2011

TARYN SIMON
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Contraband Room

John F. Kennedy International Airport
Queens, New York

African cane rats infested with maggots, African yams (dioscorea), Andean potatoes, Bangladeshi cucurbit plants, bush meat, cherimoya fruit, curry leaves (murraya), dried orange peels, fresh eggs, giant African snail, impala skull cap, jackfruit seeds, June plum, kola nuts, mango, okra, passion fruit, pig nose, pig mouths, pork, raw poultry (chicken), South American pig head, South American tree tomatoes, South Asian lime infected with citrus canker, sugar cane (poaceae), uncooked meats, unidentified sub tropical plant in soil.

All items in the photograph were seized from the baggage of passengers arriving in the U.S. at JFK Terminal 4 from abroad over a 48-hour period. All seized items are identified, dissected, and then either ground up or incinerated. JFK processes more international passengers than any other airport in the United States.

Monday, January 17, 2011