Taryn Simon Lecture - Philadelphia

TARYN SIMON LECTURE - MARCH 3RD - 6:30PM College of Physicians of Philadelphia An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar: Taryn Simon, Guggenheim Fellow and Assignment Photographer for the New York Times Magazine presents slides from her most recent publication "Artist Taryn Simon assumes the dual role of shrewd informant and collector of curiosities, compiling an inventory of what lies hidden and out-of-view within the borders of the United States. She examines American culture through careful documentation of diverse subjects from the realms of science, government, medicine, entertainment, nature, security, and religion. Transforming the unknown into a seductive and intelligible form, Simon confronts the divide between those with and without the privilege of access. Her sometimes ethereal, sometimes foreboding compositions, shot with a large-format view camera over a four year period, vary as much as her subject matter, which ranges from radioactive capsules at a nuclear waste storage facility to live HIV and medical waste to a black bear in hibernation." For more information on Taryn Simon please go to www.tarynsimon.com Sponsored by the College’s Section on Medicine and the Arts. REGISTER FOR THE LECTURE HERE