In common with other socially-engaged photographers who precede him such as Bruce Davidson, Alfredo Jaar, or Sebasti o Salgado, Goldberg often occupies territories that some contend are not his to enter. Sans Fronti res throughout Africa and the Third World. His hope is that this work, with its profiles, dialogues, and singular visualization of race, will act as a prompt for meaningful exchange and engagement. As he suggests in his interview with Nashormeh Lindo, the situation is tense, but the dialogue is on-going.
Race is such a large and complex subject.
This work is really a beginning, an entrance into a larger exploration that I hope will inspire some sort of ongoing dialogue. My intent is to continue to make more work around this subject. 1978 represents the Bakke decision when the backlash by whites against affirmative action began. 1997 represents Proposition 209 and re-segregation. In scripting the dialogue I looked at sub-themes like class, sex, gender, privilege, and the police.