Homeless-youth Quote by 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…

— 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 to point…

— 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 work out…

— Jim Goldberg

“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

“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 the world,…

— 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, I can…

— Jim Goldberg

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

— Jim Goldberg