December 3, 1982 – January 6, 1983
My work focuses on long-term, socially engaged collaborations with often invisible or misrepresented groups. I’ve spent a lifetime experimenting with various elements such as: handwritten text, audio recordings, single and multi-channel video and film, collage, drawing, ephemera, and sculptural objects. These elements have continuously evolved my storytelling techniques to create experimental narratives.
Jim Goldberg’s innovative use of image and text make him a landmark photographer of our
times. His long-term projects include Rich and Poor (1977-85), Raised by Wolves (1985-95),
and Open See (2003-2011), for which he was awarded the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award and
the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2011. Goldberg’s works are in numerous collections
including the: Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Getty, LACMA,
National Gallery of Art, Alinari National Museum of Photography in Florence, Le Musee de la
Photographie, Belgium, and Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany. Goldberg is
represented by Casemore Kirkeby Gallery in San Francisco, and is a member of Magnum
Photos.