Street Map (#10)
1989, printed 1994
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 27.6 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.) image: 21.3 × 32.5 cm (8 3/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)
Accession Number
2015.19.4815
Art Historical Context
Jim Goldberg's *Street Map (#10)* (1989, printed 1994) is a striking gelatin silver print, a classic black-and-white photographic medium prized for its rich tonal range sharp detail, and luminous highlights. At 27.6 × 35.4 cm (sheet), with an image area of 21.3 × 32.5 cm, this work captures an intimate view of urban cartography—likely a hand-drawn or annotated street map—evoking the raw navigation of city life in late-20th-century America. Goldberg, a pioneering documentary photographer and Magnum Photos member, is celebrated for his immersive portraits of marginalized communities, often inco...
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...