Scooter Possibly 1990 - 1994

Jim Goldberg created this gelatin silver print titled ‘Scooter’. There’s this tenderness to the image, isn’t there? The soft greys give a sense of intimacy, like we're catching a private moment. Looking at the figure in the Lakers cap, caught in a moment of quiet contemplation. What's going through their mind? What are they cooking? The graffiti on the wall feels like a peek into their inner world, or just the inner world of whoever lives there. Goldberg’s so good at capturing these fleeting, in-between moments. It's like he's saying, “Hey, look, there's beauty and complexity in the everyday.” Thinking about other photographers who work with similar themes, maybe Nan Goldin or Larry Clark, but Goldberg has his own voice, you know? He's not just documenting; he's connecting, empathizing. The image, like the other photographs he made in the series Raised by Wolves, really sticks with you.