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… — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
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 us his gun. 'It's not loaded,' he said. He pointed the gun to his head, then out the window, and then to the ceiling. When the gun was pointed to the… — Jim Goldberg Copy Share
Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities. — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
I'm not a politically radical person. In fact, I'm much more interested in being radical aesthetically. — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
[A photograph] is a part of the evidence. I'm not saying it's the truth - it's part of the evidence. — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
“I mean, they say they've gotta change the street kids' lives. Well, that's true. But you can't take somebody from point A to point… — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
My only agenda is to bring attention to otherwise ignored and shunned lives. — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
In order to figure this artmaking stuff out, it's trial and error and experimentation, and takes some time and hard thinking. Putting work out… — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Dave: ''Will you ever be happy Echo?'' Echo: ''I don’t know I haven’t tried it yet.'' Dave: ''Let’s give it a shot together.'' Echo:… — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
“I show Dave the dummy for my book. He reads every bit of writing, looks at every picture, and asks no questions. When he's… — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Quit looking for an answer, Jim. There fuckin' ain't one. Fuck yeah, I'm still looking for God's telephone number.” — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
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,… — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
In Europe, I am an outsider. I don't really understand anything that I am seeing. I can be welcomed into people's homes, I can… — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
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