Excerpt from Chapter I, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII 9. Yadav, Babloo, ~11/12 (birth date unknown). Student. Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. 10. Yadav, Mukesh, ~10/11 (birth date unknown). Student. Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. d. Corpse of a person with leprosy floating in the Ganges River. The dead are cremated on the banks of the river or tied to heavy stones and sunk in the water. Dhanaiy Yadav, Shivdutt Yadav’s father, was cremated along the banks and his ashes were scattered in the river. Ganges River, Varanasi. b. Letter to the chief judicial magistrate of Azamgarh demanding official recognition that Shivdutt, Chandrabhan, Phoolchand, and Ram Surat Yadav are living and maintain legal title to their land. The letter also requests that legal action be taken against all officers and family members who filed false information. Family file, Azamgarh. © 2012 Taryn Simon

Excerpt from Chapter XI, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII 15. (Information withheld). © 2012 Taryn Simon

Excerpt from Chapter XVII, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII 66. (Name withheld), ~13 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 67. (Name withheld), ~13 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 68. (Name withheld), 06 Jan. 1997. Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 69. (Name withheld), 09 Jan. 1997. Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 70. (Name withheld), 11 Jan. 1997. Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 71. (Name withheld), 11 Jan. 1997. Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 90. (Name withheld), 17 June 1998. Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 91. (Name withheld), 04 Sept. 1998. Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 92. (Name withheld), ~11 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 93. (Name withheld), ~11 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 94. (Name withheld), ~11 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 95. (Name withheld), ~11 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 114. (Name withheld), ~9 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 115. (Name withheld), ~9 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 116. (Name withheld), ~8 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 117. (Name withheld), ~8 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 118. (Name withheld), ~7 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 119. (Name withheld), ~6 (birth date unknown). Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. © 2012 Taryn Simon

Excerpt from Chapter XVII, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII 5. (Name withheld), 16 Mar. 1993. Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 18. (Name withheld), 25 Nov. 1993. Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. 19. (Name withheld), 17 Jan. 1994. Student. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. © 2012 Taryn Simon

Excerpt from Chapter XI, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII c. Official Adolf Hitler postage stamp and Hans Frank imitation stamp. The Hitler stamp was printed in 1941 for the second anniversary of the founding of the Generalgouvernement and was in circulation until the end of the Second World War. A replica of the Hitler stamp, with Frank’s image, was produced by British intelligence and released in Poland to provoke friction between Frank and Hitler. Henry Gitner Philatelists, Inc., New York. e. Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine, taken by German troops from the Czartoryski collection during the Second World War. It hung in the Wawel apartment of Hans Frank and was later brought to his family home, Schoberhof. After Frank’s arrest, the painting was returned to the Czartoryski Museum, where it now hangs across from the empty frame for Raphael’s missing Portrait of a Youth. Czartoryski Museum, Krakow. f. Rembrandt’s Landscape with the Good Samaritan, taken by German troops from the Czartoryski collection during the Second World War. One of only eight oil landscapes painted by the artist, it was returned to the Czartoryski Museum upon Frank’s arrest. Czartoryski Museum, Krakow. 7. Frank, Norman, 06 Mar. 1928. Bavarian television facilities director (retired). Schliersee, Germany. 8. MJK, 24 May 1958. (Information withheld). [Sent clothing as representation] © 2012 Taryn Simon

Excerpt from Chapter II, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII d. Report for a possible Jewish settlement in British East Africa for the Zionist Organization, 1905. Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. e. Population density map of the Uganda Protectorate for the Zionist Commission, 1902. Records show that Arthur Ruppin found Uganda’s climate unsuitable for Jewish settlement. Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. f. Map of the Guas Ngishu Plateau in British East Africa for the Zionist Commission, 1905. Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. © 2012 Taryn Simon

Excerpt from Chapter III, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII c. Photographs of Celtel GSM mobile communications towers. Joseph Nyamwanda Jura Ondijo’s land was selected by Celtel to host a tower, for which the company pays him significant royalties. The location of the tower is viewed by some village residents as evidence of Ondijo’s power. Company image and family file, Kisumu. 81. Nyamwanda, Mary Atieno, 07 Mar. 1989. Farmer. Kisumu, Nyanza Province, Kenya. 82. Nyamwanda, Lameck Odhiambo, 07 May 2008. Kisumu, Nyanza Province, Kenya. © 2012 Taryn Simon

Excerpt from Chapter II, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII 1. Hacohen, Shulamite, 12 Jan. 1939. High school teacher/librarian. Kfar Saba, Israel. a. Advertisement for “The Pyramid of the Jewish National Home.” Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. c. Independence Hall, the site of the signing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence in 1948. Independence Hall, Tel Aviv. h. Palestine Police Curfew Pass issued to Arthur Ruppin, 1936. Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. © 2012 Taryn Simon

Excerpt from Chapter XV, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII 1. Su, Qijian, 19 Nov. 1926. Administrator (retired), Ministry of Railways. Beijing, China. 17. Zhang, Jing, 27 July 1975. Homemaker. Qingdao, China. 18. Ma, Yucheng, 06 Sept. 2009. Qingdao, China. 19. Zhang, Qun, 27 Mar. 1979. Advertising designer, Beijing Gotwin Culture Communicate Limit Company. Beijing, China. © 2012 Taryn Simon

Excerpt from Chapter XV, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII b. Gift bag from the State Council Information Office (SCIO). Product of the SCIO, Beijing. a. China Central Television Tower, selected by the State Council Information Office to be photographed for this work. Beijing. © 2012 Taryn Simon

Excerpt from Chapter XVII, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII a. History classroom at the orphanage with framed inscription above the blackboard. Translated from Ukrainian, it reads: “Those who do not know their past are not worthy of their future…” Undisclosed location, Ukraine. d. Wooden figure of a stork delivering a child, made by one of the children at the orphanage. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. b. Boys’ bedroom at the orphanage. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. c. Girls’ bedroom at the orphanage. Undisclosed location, Ukraine. © 2012 Taryn Simon