Cruise and Jersey Lu, Hollywood
1989
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet/image: 32.1 × 25.1 cm (12 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)
Accession Number
2015.19.4750
Art Historical Context
In Jim Goldberg's *Cruise and Jersey Lu Hollywood* (1989), a gelatin silver print measuring 32.1 × 25.1 cm, we encounter an intimate portrait of two enigmatic figures amid the gritty underbelly of late-1980s Los Angeles. title evokes the colorful street monikers of Hollywood's marginalized inhabitants—possibly hustlers, runaways, or dreamers fame on Sunset Boulevard—capturing a moment of raw humanity in Tinseltown's shadows. Goldberg, a renowned documentary photographer associated with Magnum Photos, is celebrated for his empathetic, narrative-driven work that humanizes society's outsiders, o...
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...