Tag: David Goldblatt

David Goldblatt: Seven decades of Johannesburg – British Journal of Photography

David Goldblatt: Seven decades of Johannesburg

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

via British Journal of Photography: https://www.bjp-online.com/2020/08/david-goldblatt-seven-decades-of-johannesburg/

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

August 16, 2020
A Tribute to David Goldblatt, ICP’s 2013 Lifetime Achievement Honoree

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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.

January 10, 2020
Looking at White Privilege Under Apartheid – The New York Times

Looking at White Privilege Under Apartheid

The South African photographer David Goldblatt revisits white, middle-class life under apartheid in a new edition of his 1982 book, “In Boksburg.”

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/looking-at-white-privilege-under-apartheid/

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

January 10, 2020
Remembering South African Photographer David Goldblatt | Time

Remembering South African Photographer David Goldblatt

He captured the truths of his country in an urgent and nuanced way

via Time: https://time.com/longform/remembering-south-african-photographer-david-goldblatt-1930-2018-an-essential-reading-list/

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.

January 10, 2020
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up 16 November 2018 – Photojournalism Now

Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up 16 November 2018

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…

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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.

January 10, 2020
29th Annual ICP Infinity Awards Honors Art, Photo-J, and Photos That Mix Both

29th Annual ICP Infinity Awards Honors Art, Photo-J, and Photos That Mix Both | PDNPulse

“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

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/05/29th-annual-icp-infinity-awards-honors-art-photo-j-and-photos-that-mix-both.html

“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

May 2, 2013
ICP Infinity Awards 2013: David Goldblatt

Link: ICP Infinity Awards 2013: David Goldblatt | Le Journal de la Photographie

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.

May 2, 2013
ICP’s 29th Annual Infinity Awards announced

Link: ICP’s 29th Annual Infinity Awards announced | Le Journal de la Photographie

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

March 25, 2013
Bamako 2011 David Goldblatt

La Lettre de la Photographie

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

November 3, 2011
David Goldblatt’s Johannesburg (6 photos)

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.

Link: David Goldblatt’s Johannesburg (6 photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

June 24, 2011
David Goldblatt wins Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award

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

Link: David Goldblatt wins Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award – British Journal of Photography

April 28, 2011