Contraband Images by Taryn Simon



Pictured is cow dung toothpaste from India, one of the many contraband items Taryn Simon photographed over a five day stay inside JFK Airport. While items such as heroin and animal corpses are outright nefarious, others--like blocks of pork fat--are just strange.

http://tarynsimon.com/works_contraband.php -via Flavorwire

See also: 10 Weird Items People Tried to Smuggle

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I read somewhere that these are all used machines that were to be discarded. Now, if this art project were to include the stories behind each machine, that would be extra neat!
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