David Goldblatt: Artwork Survey: 1960s

Artwork Survey: 1960s

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Steven with bus, Doornfontein, Johannesburg
1960
From the series "Early Works"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Shebeen, Highlands, Johannesburg. May/June 1961
1961
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
A shop that gave no credit, Koksoord, near Randfontein
1962
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
A plot-holder, his wife and their eldest son at lunch, Wheatlands, Randfontein, Transvaal, Sept 1962
1962
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
A pensioner with his wife and portrait of her first husband, Wheatlands, Randfontein, Sept 1962
1962
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
A plot-holder with the daughter of his servant, Wheatlands, Randfontein, Sept 1962
1962
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Kleinbaas with klonkie, Bootha Plots, Randfontein, Jan 1962
1962
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Klonkie with kleinbaas, Bootha Plots, Randfontein, Jan 1962
1962
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Hold-up in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Nov 1963
1963
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
The city from the south-west, Johannesburg, Jan 1964
1964
From the series "Early Works"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Cafe-de-Move-On, Croesus
1964
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Coffee cart, Soweto
1964
From the series "Early Works"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
A farmer's son with his nursemaid, Heimweeberg, Nietverdiend, Western Transvaal
1964
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
The commando of National Party stalwarts which escorted prime minister and National Party leader Hendrik Verwoerd and his wife Betsie to the party's 50th anniversary celebrations at de Wildt, Transvaal, Oct 1964
1964
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
At Geel, near Nietverdiend, Marico Bushveld, Transvaal, Dec 1964
1964
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Volkspelers wait to perform traditional dances on the Day of the Covenant, in celebration of the Boer victory over the Zulus in the Battle of Blood River in 1838, when the Boers promised God that if He gave them victory they would forever honour the day. Still celebrated as a public holiday, 16 December is now known as Day of Reconciliation. Aasvoelkop, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng)
1965
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Picnic at Hartebeespoort Dam on New Year's Day, Transvaal (North-West Province)
1965
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Johannes van der Linde, farmer and major in the local army reserve, with his head labourer Ou Sam, Near Bloemfontein, Free State
1965
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Shopping on 14th Street, Pageview, Johannesburg, July 1965
1965
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
The synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in session in the Synodal Hall, Orange Street, Cape Town
1965
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Greaser, No. 2 North Winder, Randfontein Estates
1965
From the series "On the Mines"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Uys Krige, poet and writer; Francois Krige, painter; Brokkie Krige, airman, writer and investigator of aircrashes; with his mother, the writer Sannie Krige, Onrus, Cape Province (Western Cape)
1965
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Encamped at the boeresport, near Nietverdiend, Marico Bushveld, Transvaal (North West Province)
1966
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
‘Boss Boy’ detail, at the Battery Reef, Randfontein Estates Gold Mine, Randfontein
1966
From the series "On the Mines"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
‘Lashing’ Shovels retrieved from underground. Every grain of sand in the yellow tailings that made the Witwatersrand landscape and every grain of gold that made its wealth, came from a rock off a black man’s shovel underground. Central Salvage Yard, Randfontein Estates, Randfontein 1966
1966
From the series "On the Mines"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
B. Falk, Mine captain, City Deep Gold Mine
1966
From the series "On the Mines"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
After the bath and before bed, a child on the stoep with the youngster who helped look after her, Barkly East, Cape Province (Eastern Cape)
1966
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
On an ostrich farm near Oudtshoorn, Cape Province (Western Cape) 1967
1967
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Family graveyard on the Nels' farm near Barkly East
1967
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Women on Sauer Street
1967
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Seated in Martjie Marais's kitchen: her husband's brother, Johannes, and her nephew Derick. Gamkaskloof, Cape Province (Western Cape) 1967
1967
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
4 pm at a traffic light in Pretoria (Tshwane). This, the administrative capital of the country, was a city of Afrikaner civil servants. Transvaal (Gauteng)
1967
From the series "Some Afrikaners Photographed"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Basuto shaftsinkers seeking work, President Steyn No. 4, Welkom
1969
From the series "On the Mines"
Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
Shaftsinking: the team clusters at the centre of the shaft bottom to avoid rock dislodged from the sidewall while the stage is lowered to a new position. No. 4 Shaft, President Stein Gold Mine, Welkom, June 1969
1969
From the series "On the Mines"
Silver gelatin print on fibre-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt
A shaftsinker surfaces at the end of his shift, President Steyn No. 4 Shaft, Welkom, June 1969
1969
From the series "On the Mines"
Silver gelatin print on fiber-based paper
Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

© David Goldblatt

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