Steve Goldman Photography 
 

My work explores a continuing dialogue between observation and abstraction.

 

I began photographing in 1973 on the nighttime streets of Hollywood, influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson, André Kertész, and Robert Frank, alongside the emotional intensity of abstract expressionists such as Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock.

 

My early work ranged from street photography to capturing the energy of live music, photographing artists such as David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin.

 

A year-long journey in 1978–1979 led to Children of the World, a photographic series and published article in Petersen’s Photographic Magazine, created in recognition of the United Nations’ International Year of the Child and its focus on children’s rights.

 

I consider my current work an emerging phase centered on abstraction, defined by color, motion, shadow, shape, and symbolic form.

 

As my practice evolves, I am interested in how artistic growth continues over time, and how lived experience can open new creative pathways while contributing to a more inclusive artistic dialogue.