Johannesburg was the late photographer’s home for seventy years. Now, an exhibition at Goodman Gallery, London, charts his nuanced documentation of the city during some of its most oppressive years
Johannesburg was the late photographer’s home for fifty years. Now, an exhibition at Goodman Gallery, London, charts his nuanced documentation of the city during apartheid and the post-apartheid period
Now imagine a photograph by David Goldblatt. Thought so. Unless you’re a fellow South African or one of his fans, you probably drew a blank. He’s one of the world’s most honored living photographers, a man who is greatly respected and, yet, is little known. It’s a paradox.
for the country’s white middle class — the group that thrived under apartheid — that existence was captured in David Goldblatt’s seminal 1982 book, “In Boksburg,” which is being republished this month by Steidl
South African photographer David Goldblatt, born in 1930, made images that were shaped by the political history with which his lifespan intersected, and he possessed a singular drive to capture the truths of his country in a manner that was both urgent and nuanced. When he died on Sunday at 87, he left a legacy of rich reflection in the form of his many books.
This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – it’s all about the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney) with my reviews on the David Goldblatt retrospective and Primavera 2018. Revie…
This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – it’s all about the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney) with my reviews on the David Goldblatt retrospective and Primavera 2018.
“There is no more meaningful honor than one given by one’s peers,” said photographer David Goldblatt as he accepted the Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement award last night. Goldblatt’s was the last of the awards given at the 29th Annual International Cente
“There is no more meaningful honor than one given by one’s peers,” said photographer David Goldblatt as he accepted the Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement award last night
David Goldblatt spent his life documenting apartheid in South Africa. While many photographers chased mass demonstrations and violent rebellions, Goldblatt focused on the cultural values that led to more than 40 years of repression.
Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement: David Goldblatt
ICP Trustees Award: Pat Schoenfeld
Young Photographer: Kitra Cahana
Art: Mishka Henner
Publication: Cristina de Middel, “The Afronauts”
Photojournalism: David Guttenfelder
Applied/Fashion/Advertising: Erik Madigan Heck
I came to people who had done crime or been accused of it. If they had been in prison, they were now free or on parole. Where to do the photographs? I wanted to do them in situations that were somehow related to the crimes they had committed
TJ Johannesburg Photographs 1948-2010/Double Negative is a joint project by photographer David Goldblatt and writer Ivan Vladislavic. The result is an exceptional dialogue between Goldblatt’s 270 images taken over more than 60 years of photographing Johannesburg, a metropolis scarred by the consequences of apartheid, and Vladislavic’s narrative fiction.
South African photographer David Goldblatt has won, with co-author Ivan Vladislavic, the 2011 Kraszna-Krausz Best Photography Book Award for his exploration of Johannesburg over 60 years
