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David Goldblatt | |
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| Born | 29 November 1930 |
| Died | 25 June 2018 (aged 87) Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Years active | 1948–2018 |
| Notable work | On the Mines (1973), Some Afrikaners Photographed, (1975) The Structure of Things Then (1998) |
David Goldblatt HonFRPS (29 November 1930 – 25 June 2018) was a South African photographer noted for his portrayal of South Africa during the apartheid period.[1][2] After apartheid's end, he concentrated more on the country's landscapes. Goldblatt's body of work was distinct from that of other anti-apartheid artists in that he photographed issues that went beyond the violent events of apartheid and reflected the conditions that led up to them.[2] His forms of protest have a subtlety that traditional documentary photographs may lack; Goldblatt said, "[M]y dispassion was an attitude in which I tried to avoid easy judgments.... This resulted in a photography that appeared to be disengaged and apolitical, but which was in fact the opposite."[3] Goldblatt also wrote journal articles and books on aesthetics, architecture, and structural analysis.
- ^ Jonze, Tim (25 June 2018). "Photographer David Goldblatt, South Africa's visual conscience, dies aged 87". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ a b Weinberg, Paul. "David Goldblatt: Photographer Who Found the Human in an Inhuman Social Landscape." The Conversation, 18 May 2019.
- ^ Krantz, David L. (December 2008). "Politics and Photography in Apartheid South Africa". History of Photography. 32 (4): 290–300. doi:10.1080/03087290802334885. S2CID 6877460.