Dee Dee (also Street Map #3)
1988, printed 1994
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 35.5 × 27.6 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.) image: 32.6 × 21.4 cm (12 13/16 × 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
2015.19.4831
Art Historical Context
Jim Goldberg's *Dee Dee (also Street #3)*, a gelatin silver print from a 1988 negative printed in 1994, the raw essence of documentary photography during a pivotal era of social exploration. Measuring 35.5 × 27.6 cm, this intimate black-and-white image exemplifies Goldberg's signature style, blending portraiture with personal narrative elements. As a key figure in contemporary documentary photography, Goldberg often collaborated with his subjects, incorporating their handwriting or maps to layer stories of identity, displacement, and urban life—evident here in the evocative "Street Map" subtit...
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...