Jim Goldberg - Raised by Wolves (First Edition) - 1995

Inkludert i Parr Martin, Badger Gerry, The Photobook: A History II

Rare 1995 first edition in excellent condition

Jim Goldberg har hatt utstillinger i over 30 år, og hans innovative bruk av bilde og tekst gjør ham til en banebrytende fotograf i vår tid. Han begynte å utforske eksperimentell historiefortelling og potensialet i å kombinere bilde og tekst med "Rich and Poor" (1977-85), hvor han stiller beboerne i sosialboligrommene opp mot overklassen og deres elegant møblerte hjem for å undersøke naturen til amerikanske myter om klasse, makt og lykke. I Raised by Wolves (1985-95) arbeidet han tett med og dokumenterte rømte tenåringer i San Francisco og Los Angeles for å skape en bok og en utstilling som kombinerte originale fotografier, tekst, hjemmelagde filmstillbilder, snapshots, tegninger, dagbokinnføringer samt enkelt- og multikanal video, skulptur, funne objekter, lysskap og andre tredimensjonale elementer.
"Every year, hundreds of American kids leave the apparent safety and comfort of the family home for an uncertain and frequently dangerous life on the streets of the big cities. As always, Goldberg takes photographs of his subjects and then complements his views with theirs, adding their thoughts from interviews, their handwritten musings on scraps of paper, the snapshots they carry and other relevant pieces of found material. The result is a collaged photobook, rich in incidental material, that emerges as a multi-layered and ambiguous document, resistant to easy generalizations about the motives and incidents that compel the young people featured to take the drastic step of running away [...] This is a hard-hitting and affecting book. Goldberg tries at all time to remain both sympathetic and dispassionate. In this he largely succeeds and Raised by Wolves while sparing us nothing of the grim facts, is refreshingly free of the voyeurism and sentimental prurience that can often accompany such reports from the United States' underclasses" (da Parr & Badger, "The Photobook: A History Volume II").