Jim Goldberg: Rich and Poor

Jim Goldberg: Rich and Poor

From 1977 to 1985, Jim Goldberg photographed the wealthy and destitute of San Francisco, creating a visual document that has since become a landmark work. Through the combination of text and photographs, <I>Rich and Poor'</I>s mass appeal was instantly recognizable. In 1984 the series was exhibited alongside Robert Adams and Joel Sternfeld in the <I>Three Americans</I>exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and was published the following year by Random House. Out of print since 1985, <I>Rich and Poor</I> has been completely redesigned and expanded by the artist for this Steidl edition. Available for the first time in hardcover, <I>Rich and Poor</I> builds upon the classic combination of photographs and handwriting and adds a surplus of vintage material and contemporary photographs that have never been published or exhibited. The photographs in <I>Rich and Poor</I> constitute a shocking and gripping portrait of America during the 1970s and 80s that remains just as relevant today