David Goldblatt

David Goldblatt, born in 1930 in South Africa, began his journey in photography in 1948. As a press photographer, he documented the stark realities of racial segregation during the apartheid era.

From the 1960s onwards, Goldblatt shifted his focus to personal projects, capturing the nuances of South African society and the intricate interplay between individuals and societal structures. In 1989, he founded the Market Photography Workshop in Johannesburg, an institution dedicated to nurturing emerging photographers.

His work gained international acclaim with an exhibition at New York's MoMA in 1998. Goldblatt's contributions to the field were recognized with the Hasselblad Award in 2006, the Henri Cartier-Bresson Prize in 2009 for his lifetime achievements, and in 2016, he was honored in France as a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.

Selected Bibliography:

• SOME AFRIKANERS PHOTOGRAPHED - David Goldblatt; Steidl Verlag; 2020; English

• EX OFFENDERS AT THE SCENE OF CRIME - David Goldblatt; Steidl Verlag; 2020; English

• STRUCTURES OF DOMINATION AND DEMOCRACY - David Goldblatt; Contributors: Ivor Powell & Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska; Steidl; 2018

• DAVID GOLDBLATT PHOTO POCHE #151 - Introduction by Baptiste Lignel; Centre National de la Photographie; 2014

• DAVID GOLDBLATT, TJ: JOHANNESBURG PHOTOGRAPHS 1948-2010 - Translation by Hélène Muron; Contrasto; 2011.