7:41 am
1993, printed 1995
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.) image: 32.3 × 25.3 cm (12 11/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Artist)
Accession Number
2015.19.4529
Art Historical Context
**7:41 am** (1993, printed 1995) by Jim Goldberg captures a precise moment in time through the classic medium of gelatin silver print, a black-and-white photographic process prized for its deep tonal range and fine detail. Measuring about 13⅞ × 11 inches, this intimate-scale image exemplifies Goldberg's documentary style, which often blends stark realism with personal narratives to explore everyday lives and social margins. Created in the early 1990s—a period of shifting American identities amid economic and cultural changes—the work reflects the artist's commitment to humanistic photography, ...
About the Artist
Jim Goldberg
Jim Goldberg, born in 1953 in New Haven, Connecticut, emerged as a pivotal figure in American documentary photography through his immersive, collaborative approach to capturing marginalized lives. He earned a BA in photography from Western Washington University in 1975 before studying at the San Francisco Art Institute under Larry Sultan, a conceptually oriented photographer whose influence shaped...