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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 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
Television cameramen are a special breed from the portfolio Working
Television cameramen are a special breed from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977