DAVID GOLDBLATT

In Boksburg was published in 1982 as one of the earlier photobooks made in South Africa. David Goldblatt, himself from a white backg round and a critical observer of the dynamics inherent in the racist set-up of his native country, had become interested in capturin g the wholly uneventful flow of commonplace, orderly life of the white population around him. Boksburg, a legally white-only town on the eastern periphery of Johannesburg which was heavily dependent on black labor, seemed to fit best his purposes, and between 19 79 and 1980...[Llegir més]