Hidden Truths

Taryn Simon: White Tiger (Kenny)

Chromogenic Colour Print

As a result of selective inbreeding, Kenny is mentally retarded and has physical limitations

I discovered the work of Taryn Simon when I watched her TED talk in September, 'Taryn Simon photographs secret sites'. Her photographic exhibition, ‘An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar’ is groundbreaking and astounding. She embraces photography’s ability to uncover hidden truths.

Within the last 3 months, I have been examining Malaysian Radio Broadcasting, in an attempt to establish the extent to which the West dominates the East within contemporary society. It has become apparent that within this subject exists a separate topic that could succeed as an investigation purely on its own: the idea that an incredible amount of information is kept hidden from the masses as it is filtered out to ‘protect’, or lead society astray.

Wadah Khanfar is the director general of the al-Jazeera Network and was interviewed as part of the Guardian’s ‘Weekend’ edition last week. Q “What is your greatest hope for the next 10 years? - A “To see Journalism liberate itself from the chains of political influence and commercialism, and to see freedom of expression become sacred without any suppression by governments or authorities”.