Frieze Magazine | Shows | Taryn Simon

Frieze Magazine | Shows | Taryn Simon

If these images come close to pornography – and in their seductive but fleeting allure they frequently do – it is as an integral part of Simon’s exploration of the privilege of access, the politics of looking and the history of photography. A photograph of a Braille edition of Playboy (an off-key gag deflated at the last minute by a caption listing the eminent writers who have written for the magazine) acknowledges just this complexity.