Taryn Simon

She interests me. She is a photographer that proved that photographs can lie. Most photographs tell a story. But are the stories true? Must they be? In issues of crime, accusation and trial, yes they must be true. When identifying a criminal, it is not okay to get a picture of a certain person at an earlier point in history, long before the crime was commited, and use that picture to prove the accused is a rapist and kidnapper. It is not okay to use look-alikes of people, to ensure that the public is safe and the rapist has been caught, when you're lying. And even further it is not okay to sentence these innocent 'criminals' to a death sentence over 3,000 years. Taryn Simon photographed these innocent false convicts at the scene of the crime, to carry a point across. She's promoting fairness through her talents, but this doesn't mean the prosecuters will change anything no matter how wrong it is. And they can convince the jury and judge of just about anything. Still--kudos to Taryn Simon.