Jim Goldberg

This was in San Francisco, in 1987. A bunch of kids were camped out in the Riviera Hotel - boy hustlers and…

— Jim Goldberg

Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities.

— Jim Goldberg

I'm not a politically radical person. In fact, I'm much more interested in being radical aesthetically.

— 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

“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…

— Jim Goldberg

My only agenda is to bring attention to otherwise ignored and shunned lives.

— Jim Goldberg

In order to figure this artmaking stuff out, it's trial and error and experimentation, and takes some time and hard thinking. Putting…

— Jim Goldberg

“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…

— Jim Goldberg

“I show Dave the dummy for my book. He reads every bit of writing, looks at every picture, and asks no questions.…

— Jim Goldberg

“Quit looking for an answer, Jim. There fuckin' ain't one. Fuck yeah, I'm still looking for God's telephone number.”

— 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…

— Jim Goldberg

In Europe, I am an outsider. I don't really understand anything that I am seeing. I can be welcomed into people's homes,…

— Jim Goldberg

Before I even took pictures I knew that I wanted to have them as hard copy memories.

— 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.…

— Jim Goldberg

“I don't know why he isn't dead, maybe he's lucky. Certainly his physical self is dead. Before the streets, drugs, IV use,…

— Jim Goldberg

The photograph is kind of a proof - a proof that I actually met these people, that they actually have lives, and…

— Jim Goldberg

I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself.

— Jim Goldberg

I have the great privilege of being both witness and storyteller. Intimacy, trust and intuition guide my work.

— Jim Goldberg

It's always good to find things that you haven't found before.

— Jim Goldberg