Title: Listening to the cricket commentary on a Saturday afternoon, before the destruction of Fietas under the Group Areas Act
Artist: David Goldblatt
Medium: Silver Gelatin
Year: January 1977
http://www.goodman-gallery.com/artists/davidgoldblatt
Artist's Biography –
David Goldblatt was born in Randfontein in 1930. His parents came to South Africa to escape the persecution of Lithuanian Jews in 1890. Due to religious persecution and alienation, David began photographing and documenting South African society. He ended up doing it for over 50 years.
Personal Reaction –
David Goldblatt's photos seem to have a lot of emptiness and emotion at the same time and in a way relates to his personal viewpoint of what society is like in South Africa. It is nice also how he has his subjects looking right at the camera in some of the shots because it makes them personable.
Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog):
Almir Hodzic
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