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279 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimilies, portraits ; 29 cm
"Born into a family of Lithuanian Jews who emigrated to South Africa, Goldblatt focused much of his work on Johannesburg, the city where he lived for most of his life. His relative freedom to move within a society bitterly divided by racial segregation influenced the critical perspective of his work. In a church facade, down a mineshaft, through the exchange of glances between a passing man and woman, Goldblatt recorded the uneven application and reception of South Africa's political values and beliefs. The highly descriptive captions he wrote for his photographs--which grew increasingly detailed over time--express his incisive attention to the country's land, people, and history." - host institution's website.
Preface : Life on the margins / Njabulo S. Ndebele -- Introduction / Judy Ditner, Leslie M. Wilson, and Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Plates : Informality -- Near/Far -- Extraction -- Working people -- Disbelief -- Assembly -- Archives -- Dialogues : A visible unseen / Candice Jansen -- Shōmei Tomatsu / Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Search for the new land : imagining the house of freedom in the work of Ernest Cole / Ilze Wolff -- Santu Mofokeng / Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Structures of belief : Robert Adams and David Goldblatt / Yechen Zhao -- The empty space between earth and sky : David Goldblatt's Dutch reformed church photographs / Daniel Magaziner -- Separateness / Melissa Harris -- Boundaries, or ties that bind / Hilton Judin -- Driving with David / Jo Ractliffe -- The question of access / Sir Professor Zanele Muholi -- Sabelo on Sabelo / Sabelo Mlangeni -- Notes on two photographs and two photographers / Ruth Seopedi Motau -- Dula mona? The intention to stay / Lebohang Kganye -- Essays : Questions of conscience / Judy Ditner -- After something / Leslie M. Wilson.
edited by Judy Ditner, Leslie M. Wilson, and Matthew S. Witkovsky.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, December 2, 2023-March 25, 2024; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, Spain, May 23-August 25, 2024; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, February 21-June 22, 2025.
This catalogue features images and texts by contemporary photographers and scholars, many of whom were mentored by Goldblatt, including Zanele Muholi and Sabelo Mlangeni. Some write on Goldblatt's photographs, while others discuss his influence on their own work.