Jim Goldberg Quotes

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, or me.

[A photograph] is a part of the evidence. I'm not saying it's the truth - it's part of the evidence.

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

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

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

The photograph is kind of a proof - a proof that I actually met these people, that they actually have lives, and that they're worth considering.

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

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

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

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

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