David Goldblatt‚ SA’s elder statesman of documentary photography‚ dies
The elder statesman of South African documentary photography‚ David Goldblatt‚ has died. Born in November 1930‚ he had documented oppression since the National Party came to power in 1948‚ travelling the country to put a human face to political policies. "A great tree has fallen and we have lost one of our national living treasures. RIP David Goldblatt‚ one of South Africa’s most accomplished social chroniclers‚" art conservator Monique Vajifdar announced on Facebook. "He inspired generations of younger photo-journalists. By documenting the daily life of South Africans under apartheid and post-apartheid‚ he gave all of us a more complete picture of South African history and society. Deep sympathies to Lily‚ Brenda Goldblatt Steven Goldblatt Jenny Hoffmann Rasada Goldblatt and their families." Goldblatt was the first South African to be given a one-person exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His list of impressive awards included the Hasselblad Award‚ the Henri Cartier...
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