David Goldblatt
David Goldblatt HonFRPS was a South African documentary photographer noted for his dedicated portrayal of the South African peoples within the political landscape of the apartheid era. 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.
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- Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
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"During those years color seemed too sweet a medium to express the anger, disgust and fear that apartheid inspired, ..."
"I’m a plodder. If you look back at my work, it’s a straight-line graph with a few bumps. I’ve been doing the same thing for 60 years. Today I’m doing exactly what I was doing in the years of apartheid…"
"I often wished during those years that I could be a lyricist with a camera. I took great delight in and many other photographers’ work. I envied them the freedom to photograph a landscape apparently w…"
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