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    Artwork Survey: 1970s

    David Goldblatt
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    • Team leader (left) and mine captain (right) on a pedal car, Rustenburg Platinum Mine, Rustenburg, 1971
      1971
      From the series "On the Mines"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Gang on surface work, Rustenburg Platinum Mine, Rustenburg
      1971
      From the series "On the Mines"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Novice mineworker from the Transkei, in the Fanakolo school, Hartebeesfontein Gold Mine, Welkom, June 1972
      1972
      From the series "On the Mines"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Baby with child-minders and dogs in the Alexandria Street Park, Hillbrow
      1972
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • A woman and her dog, Hillbrow, June 1972
      1972
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Young men with dompas (an identity document that every African had to carry), White City, Jabavu, Soweto
      1972
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Drum majorette, Cup Final, Orlando Stadium
      1972
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper
      From the series "Soweto"

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Party at Doris Mthanya's house, 699 Emdeni, Soweto, 10 September 1972
      1972
      From the series "Soweto"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Mrs Miriam Diale in her bedroom, 5357 Orlando East, Soweto, October 1972
      1972
      From the series "Soweto"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Playground, Chiawelo. September 1972
      1972
      From the series "Soweto"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Wedding photography at the Oppenheimer Memorial, Jabavu, Soweto. September 1972
      1972
      From the series "Soweto"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Lulu Gebashe and Solomon Mlutshana, who both worked in a record shop in the city, Mofolo Park. September 1972
      1972
      From the series "Soweto"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Young man at home, White City, Jabavu, Soweto
      1972
      From the series "Soweto"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • A tsotsi with his draad (shortened wire for street fighting), 1388A, White City, Jabavu. September 1972
      1972
      From the series "Soweto"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • The house-painter and his family, Pretoria Street, Hillbrow
      1973
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Waitress, Bezuidenhout Park. November 1973
      1973
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • ‘Highrise’ Prospect Street, Hillbrow. December 1973
      1973
      From the series "Structures"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Mosque, Kerk Street. March 1974
      1974
      From the series "Structures"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Troyeville and Hillbrow. For Barney Simon. September 1974
      1974
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Woman smoking, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
      1975
      From the series "Particulars"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Woman with pierced ear, Joubert Park, Johannesburg
      1975
      From the series "Particulars"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Blanketed man at the trading store, Hobeni, Bomvanaland, Transkei
      1975
      From the series "Particulars"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Woman collecting shellfish, Port St Johns, Transkei
      1975
      From the series "Particulars"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Woman dressed for an occasion, Joubert Park, Johannesburg
      1975
      From the series "Particulars"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Man sleeping, Joubert Park, Johannesburg
      1975
      From the series "Particulars"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Man with necklaces, Joubert Park, Johannesburg
      1975
      From the series "Particulars"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Couple at The Wilds, Johannesburg
      1975
      From the series "Particulars"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Circumcision initiate in the hut of the abakwetha, Transkei
      1975
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Young Mother, Transkei. 1975
      1975
      From the series "Bantustans"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • ‘Happy Days Store’. Flagstaff, Transkei, 9 October 1975
      1975
      Silver gelatin print on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Yaksha Modi, daughter of Chagan Modi, in her father's shop before its destruction under the Group Areas Act, 17th Street, Fietas, Johannesburg
      1976
      From the series "Fietas"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Junaid Dockrat and Enver Gani, at the corner of 17th and Dela Rey streets before the destruction of Fietas under the Group Areas Act
      1976
      From the series "Fietas"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • In the Docrat living room before its destruction under the Group Areas Act, 20th Street, Fietas, Johannesburg
      1977
      From the series "Fietas"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Sunday morning: a not white family living illegally in the ‘white’ group area of Hillbrow, Johannesburg
      1978
      Digital print on 100% cotton rag paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Spec housing and children on the veld at Parkrand
      1979
      From the series "In Boksburg"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • In Boksburg Town, corner of Commissioner and Eloff Streets
      1979
      From the series "In Boksburg"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • At the corner of Commissioner and Eloff Streets
      1979
      From the series "In Boksburg"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Saturday afternoon in Sunward Park, Boksburg
      1979
      From the series "In Boksburg"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

    • Saturday morning at the corner of Commissioner and Trichardt Streets, Boksburg
      1979-1980
      From the series "In Boksburg"
      Silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper

      Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

      © David Goldblatt

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