JIM GOLDBERG (b. 1953)
Lot 55

JIM GOLDBERG (b. 1953)

Taliban Torture Me, 2006

Closed16 May 2012

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GBP 800

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JIM GOLDBERG (b. 1953)
Taliban Torture Me, 2006
unique colour Polaroid print
signed, titled, dated and numbered '1/5' in ink (verso)
image 3¾ x 3in. (9.5 x 7.6cm.)
sheet 4½ x 3¾in. (11.5 x 9.5cm.)

Specialist note

Jim Goldberg's work documents the experiences of refugee, immigrant and trafficked populations who travel from war torn, socially and economically devastated countries to make new lives in Europe. Originating from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, these new Europeans have met violence and brutality as well as hope and liberation in their new homes.

Merging Polaroids, video, text, ephemera and large and medium format photographs, Goldberg employs his varied and experimental approaches to photographic storytelling to reflect on issues of migration and the conditions for desiring escape.

Gift of the artist.