Photographs of illegal contraband by Taryn Simon

Taryn Simon is featured on the Lens blog for her series on illegal contraband seized at JFK International Airport in New York City.

Over the course of 5 days, Taryn managed to photograph 1075 items of contraband that almost made it into the US. The New York Times has a gallery of her images which she later put together into a book called Contraband.

Above is a collection of counterfeit BMW hood ornaments from China. Interesting…

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