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I really enjoy being here because it's my pleasure to help people from the portfolio Working
I really enjoy being here because it's my pleasure to help people from the portfolio Working
I really enjoy being here because it's my pleasure to help people from the portfolio Working

I really enjoy being here because it's my pleasure to help people from the portfolio Working

Artist Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
Date1975-1977
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage: 16.5 × 20.9 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 20.2 × 25.4 cm (7 15/16 × 10 in.)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Robert Harshorn Shimshak and Marion Brenner, given in honor of the class of 1968
Object number2016.011.001
Collections
Exhibition History- It's Just a Job: Bill Owens and Studs Terkel on Working in 1970s America, 01/20/2018-07/29/2018, Zimmerli Art Museum, Machaver Gallery
Exhibitions

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Image Not Available for As a kid out of the barrio, I am lucky to be able to fulfill my dream of being an illustrator from the portfolio Working
As a kid out of the barrio, I am lucky to be able to fulfill my dream of being an illustrator from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for I don't think of glassblowing as work even though it has all aspects of being a business from the portfolio Working
I don't think of glassblowing as work even though it has all aspects of being a business from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Being a receptionist is a catch-all job; you do everything from the portfolio Working
Being a receptionist is a catch-all job; you do everything from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for As a theoretical physicist I generally don't tell people what to do from the portfolio Working
As a theoretical physicist I generally don't tell people what to do from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for Part of my job as a waiter is to be a zoo runner from the portfolio Working
Part of my job as a waiter is to be a zoo runner from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for The Republican National Convention at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City was my first political convention as a CBS correspondent from the portfolio Working
The Republican National Convention at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City was my first political convention as a CBS correspondent from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for Like everybody else, I am caught up in the rat race from the portfolio Working
Like everybody else, I am caught up in the rat race from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for For over twenty years I have worked for Leslie Salt harvesting salt from the portfolio Working
For over twenty years I have worked for Leslie Salt harvesting salt from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for My sister started singing, "Jamie is its mother,"... from Izzard
My sister started singing, "Jamie is its mother,"... from Izzard
Adrienne Adams
1973
Poster for The Village Stepanchikovo And Its People after F.M. Dostoevskii at the Leningrad State Academic Comedy Theater
Poster for The Village Stepanchikovo And Its People after F.M. Dostoevskii at the Leningrad State Academic Comedy Theater
Igor Ivanov
1974
Image Not Available for Illustration design for The Remarkable Egg: "An egg is a precious thing.... It is just the color of my bright red feathers. ...Since it's in coot's nest, she's the one who should hatch it."
Illustration design for The Remarkable Egg: "An egg is a precious thing.... It is just the color of my bright red feathers. ...Since it's in coot's nest, she's the one who should hatch it."
Roger Duvoisin
published 1968
(Realized that Nothing Would Help, I Closed My Eyes Abruptly) from the series Wouldn't Help
(Realized that Nothing Would Help, I Closed My Eyes Abruptly) from the series Wouldn't Help
Sergei Anufriev
1983-1984