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> [Archives exist because there's something that can't necessarily be articulated. Something is said in the gaps between all the information.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/archives-exist-because-there-s-something-that-can-t-necessarily-be/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

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## Other authors on Archives

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sara-sheridan-83140.jpg) Sara Sheridan 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/archives/sara-sheridan/)
- [Radovan Kavický 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/archives/radovan-kavick/)

## More by Taryn Simon

> [I want to see everything. I guess the positive version of not seeing or not knowing would be preservation of fantasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/i-want-to-see-everything-i-guess-the-positive-version-of-not-seeing/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [You come to the photograph as an aesthetic object with no context... Then you step in and read the text and then out again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/you-come-to-the-photograph-as-an-aesthetic-object-with-no-context/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [Photography's ability to blur truth and fiction is one of its most compelling qualities. But when misused... this ambiguity can have severe, even lethal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/photography-s-ability-to-blur-truth-and-fiction-is-one-of-its-most/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [Documentary photography is becoming more illustrative as people become more familiar with photography’s limitations and vulnerabilities. Reality has always been interpreted through layers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/documentary-photography-is-becoming-more-illustrative-as-people/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [Archives exist because there's something that can't necessarily be articulated. Something is said in the gaps between all the information.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/archives-exist-because-there-s-something-that-can-t-necessarily-be/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/i-m-interested-in-the-murky-areas-where-there-are-no-clear-answers-or/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [Photography's history is bound to the mistake, to the accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/photography-s-history-is-bound-to-the-mistake-to-the-accident/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [I'm designing a seductive frame to attract an audience to a subject they would otherwise ignore. And that's what I do in all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/i-m-designing-a-seductive-frame-to-attract-an-audience-to-a-subject/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [ There is no truth in photography. One can't reproduce an absolute truth. That said, I don't see \[my photographs\] as being any less truthful… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/there-is-no-truth-in-photography-one-can-t-reproduce-an-absolute/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [Photography threatens fantasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/photography-threatens-fantasy/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [In my work, I construct texts and images. Between those two points the blur occurs. Each is altered by the other again and again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/in-my-work-i-construct-texts-and-images-between-those-two-points-the/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [The majority of my work is about preparation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/the-majority-of-my-work-is-about-preparation/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [I do seem to try to make things harder and harder for myself. In some perverse way, obstacles interest me and I'm drawn to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/i-do-seem-to-try-to-make-things-harder-and-harder-for-myself-in-some/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [The photograph doesn't claim to be a participant, or to know, or to be a club member of whatever it's documenting - photography is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/the-photograph-doesn-t-claim-to-be-a-participant-or-to-know-or-to-be/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

> [My work is drawn to the political but avoids an agenda. There is no inherent critique or support.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-simon/my-work-is-drawn-to-the-political-but-avoids-an-agenda-there-is-no/)

[Taryn Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-simon/)

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