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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
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

Artist Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
Date1975-1977
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage: 16.1 × 20.9 cm (6 5/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 20.1 × 25.3 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Robert Harshorn Shimshak and Marion Brenner, given in honor of the class of 1968
Object number2016.011.023
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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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 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
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
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 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 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 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
MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pre MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pejorative term designing the being of both sexes whose main characteristics are a) standing upright on his hind legs, b) an adjustable thumb c) a relatively large brain capacity. For inst., in the expressions: I am a man, you are a man, he (she) is a man, we are men, you are men, they are men, "man" is always used pejoratively. Warning: men are not monsters, however, and an easy test allows to distinguish between them. Simply remember: MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.
MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pre
MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pejorative term designing the being of both sexes whose main characteristics are a) standing upright on his hind legs, b) an adjustable thumb c) a relatively large brain capacity. For inst., in the expressions: I am a man, you are a man, he (she) is a man, we are men, you are men, they are men, "man" is always used pejoratively. Warning: men are not monsters, however, and an easy test allows to distinguish between them. Simply remember: MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.
Daniel Spoerri
1967
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 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