Contraband

Ketamine, India (illegal)

Sexual enhancement drugs, Artillery King, China (prohibited)

Blue and yellow pharmaceutical pills awaiting testing, Pakistan (prohibited)

Dry khat, Catha edulis, Kenya (illegal)

Hydrocodone, India (illegal)

Heroin, from India to NY (illegal)

GBL, Poland (used as date rape drug) (illegal)

Steroids, Testosterone & Sustanon, Pakistan (illegal)


The following 1,075 photographs were taken at both the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal Inspection Site and the U.S. Postal Service International Mail Facility at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York. From November 16, 2009 through November 20, 2009, Taryn Simon remained on site at JFK and continuously photographed items detained or seized from passengers and express mail entering the United States from abroad.

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