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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
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

Artist Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
Date1975-1977
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage: 16 × 21.2 cm (6 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 20.2 × 25.3 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineMuseum Purchase with funds from Michael B. McCulley
Object number2017.005.001
Collections
Exhibition History- Subjective Objective: A Century of Social Photography, 09/05/2017-01/07/2018, Zimmerli Art Museum, Voorhees Gallery - 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 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
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
Bill Owens
1975-1977
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 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 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 I'm an electrical-cable splicer working for a public utility from the portfolio Working
I'm an electrical-cable splicer working for a public utility from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for Do You Think That the World Outside Is All in Your Mind?
Do You Think That the World Outside Is All in Your Mind?
Elizabeth P. Korn
undated
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 Daytime soap opera has one purpose - to sell laxatives, fast food and vitamins from the portfolio Working
Daytime soap opera has one purpose - to sell laxatives, fast food and vitamins from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
It takes a year to make a gyro-ball guidance system for the C-5A aircraft from the portfolio Working
It takes a year to make a gyro-ball guidance system for the C-5A aircraft 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
Baking is the oldest trade in the world from the portfolio Working
Baking is the oldest trade in the world from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977