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Untitled,
1982, printed 1987

Jim Goldberg, American, born 1953

x1989-30

Goldberg’s documentary practice is characterized by the agency he gives his subjects. Many of his portraits, including this example, feature a caption written by the sitter; these self-reflective commentaries conflate how society views his subjects and how they view themselves. This image is part of Goldberg’s sociological series on San Francisco’s wealthy elite, in which he combined text and image to reveal, reinforce, or disrupt viewers’ biases against certain groups.

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Title

Untitled

Dates

1982, printed 1987

Maker

Jim Goldberg

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 14.8 x 22.2 cm (5 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.) sheet: 35.5 x 27.6 cm (14 x 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, gift of the Polaroid Foundation

Object Number

x1989-30

Inscription

Inscribed on sheet in Elizabeth's hand. Signed verso: JIM GOLDBERG 1982/87

Culture

American

Type

photographs, black-and-white photographs

Subject

writing, portraits, women, couches

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1989," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University </em>49, no. 1 (1990): p. 24-57., p. 29

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