Casper, Peter's Youth Shelter
1991, printed 1994
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.) image: 32.3 × 21.4 cm (12 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)
Accession Number
2015.19.4746
Art Historical Context
Jim Goldberg's *Casper, Peter's Youth* (1991, printed 1994) captures a poignant moment in the life of a young person at a youth shelter in San Francisco part of the photographer's acclaimed series *Raised Wolves*. Documenting the struggles of homeless and runaway teens amid the urban decay and social upheavals of late-1980s America—including the AIDS crisis and economic hardship—Goldberg's work humanizes the invisible, blending raw portraiture with intimate narratives to challenge viewers' perceptions of vulnerability and resilience. Printed as a gelatin silver print, this black-and-white pho...
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...