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Since 1999, Jim Goldberg has been photographing his daily life in all its ups and downs, returning to his studio to reimagine and explore these images through a practice of collage, annotation, montage, and reconstruction for which he has become famous. This book charts a journey through grief following the death of his parents, the life-changing birth of a child, the heartbreak of divorce, and the rediscovery of love. Told through a tumultuous mix of singular and combined images, personal notes, collages, and ephemera, the book captures the bittersweet realities of an individual life while reflecting on the universal—the inevitable comings and goings that shape us and the ways in which we grow to understand ourselves. Known for such celebrated works as Rich and Poor (1985), Raised by Wolves (1995), and Open Sea (2009), Goldberg’s visual language employs sequence and narrative with feverish intensity. History, memory, and imagination collide in a vibrant material practice in which the influences of fiction and film—and of the book itself—are central. Coming and Going offers a fierce, vulnerable, and at times overwhelming account of a life and a search for the elusive universals of experience—a work that stands as Goldberg’s masterpiece and a significant contribution to contemporary bookmaking.
MACK Books, 2023
360 pages
26.5 × 34 cm
ISBN 9781912339778
Since 1999, Jim Goldberg has been photographing his daily life in all its ups and downs, returning to his studio to reimagine and explore these images through a practice of collage, annotation, montage, and reconstruction for which he has become famous. This book charts a journey through grief following the death of his parents, the life-changing birth of a child, the heartbreak of divorce, and the rediscovery of love. Told through a tumultuous mix of singular and combined images, personal notes, collages, and ephemera, the book captures the bittersweet realities of an individual life while reflecting on the universal—the inevitable comings and goings that shape us and the ways in which we grow to understand ourselves. Known for such celebrated works as Rich and Poor (1985), Raised by Wolves (1995), and Open Sea (2009), Goldberg’s visual language employs sequence and narrative with feverish intensity. History, memory, and imagination collide in a vibrant material practice in which the influences of fiction and film—and of the book itself—are central. Coming and Going offers a fierce, vulnerable, and at times overwhelming account of a life and a search for the elusive universals of experience—a work that stands as Goldberg’s masterpiece and a significant contribution to contemporary bookmaking.
MACK Books, 2023
360 pages
26.5 × 34 cm
ISBN 9781912339778
