# The stories behind the bloodlines

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSalon London Fall 2011
- Speaker: Taryn Simon
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_the_stories_behind_the_bloodlines)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Taryn Simon captures the essence of vast, generation-spanning stories by photographing the descendants of people at the center of the narrative. In this riveting talk she shows a stream of these stories from all over the world, investigating the nature of genealogy and the way our lives are shaped by the interplay of many different forces.

## Lectures

1. [The stories behind the bloodlines](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/taryn_simon_the_stories_behind_the_bloodlines/577fcd05eed9), 18 min (TED's player)