Since 1970, I've been using text and ephemera as well as photographs in order to tell stories of one kind or another. There's a thread that runs through all the work that is to do with bearing witness. The photographs are about asking questions, though, not answering them.
Before I even took pictures I knew that I wanted to have them as hard copy memories. - Jim Goldberg
Before I even took pictures I knew that I wanted to have them as hard copy memories.
- Jim Goldberg
[A photograph] is a part of the evidence. I'm not saying it's the truth - it's part of the evidence. - Jim Goldberg
[A photograph] is a part of the evidence. I'm not saying it's the truth - it's part of the evidence.
Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities. - Jim Goldberg
Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities.
I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself. - Jim Goldberg
I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself.
There are many images which I miss on purpose. I've done too many of them before and photographing them again doesn't change the world, or me. - Jim Goldberg
There are many images which I miss on purpose. I've done too many of them before and photographing them again doesn't change the world, or me.
This was in San Francisco, in 1987. A bunch of kids were camped out in the Riviera Hotel - boy hustlers and their sugar daddy. One boy, Tank, showed … - Jim Goldberg
This was in San Francisco, in 1987. A bunch of kids were camped out in the Riviera Hotel - boy hustlers and their sugar daddy. One boy, Tank, showed …
I have the great privilege of being both witness and storyteller. Intimacy, trust and intuition guide my work. - Jim Goldberg
I have the great privilege of being both witness and storyteller. Intimacy, trust and intuition guide my work.
Since 1970, I've been using text and ephemera as well as photographs in order to tell stories of one kind or another. There's a thread that runs thro… - Jim Goldberg
Since 1970, I've been using text and ephemera as well as photographs in order to tell stories of one kind or another. There's a thread that runs thro…
The photograph is kind of a proof - a proof that I actually met these people, that they actually have lives, and that they're worth considering. - Jim Goldberg
The photograph is kind of a proof - a proof that I actually met these people, that they actually have lives, and that they're worth considering.
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