Fietas and the enduring question of home
David Goldblatt’s Fragments of Fietas captures more than loss — it reveals how memory, belonging, and faith survive even after home is erased
David Goldblatt
Diary: Jokes & Jazz for UKZN, Strauss & Co photography auction, Locarno comes to Cape Town
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Lithuania celebrates 34 years of independence
On 11 March 1990, 50 years of Soviet occupation came to an end
Gritty photographer’s work ‘speaks to the stamina and resilience of ordinary people’
David Edwards captures the soul of inner-city Johannesburg – the beauty and the harsh realities
The Portfolio: Lindokuhle Sobekwa
For this Thokoza-born photographer, intimacy is important, no matter where he is positioned
‘Photographs In Our Mother Tongue’: The new South Africa under scrutiny
A retrospective of photographic works at the Standard Bank Gallery offers a snapshot in time
‘Photographs In Our Mother Tongue’: The new South Africa under scrutiny
A virtual retrospective of photographic works at the Standard Bank Art Gallery offer a snapshot in time
The Portfolio: Tshepiso Mazibuko
Photographer Tshepiso Mazibuko says she is an artist at heart, and lets her imagination take control
The Portfolio: Nocebo Bucibo
Photographer Nocebo Bucibo explores the role of photography in the production of the Thokoza hostels as spaces
Football legend Maradona dies
The Argentinian icon died at his home on Wednesday, two weeks after having surgery on a blood clot in his brain
Talking Bodies: Photographers use self-portraits to tell stories
Mandisa Buthelezi and Thembi Mthembu are adding depth to the photographic archive through their self-portraits with captions and historical reframing
Mexico with its take on the dead
The celebration of the dead finds a resonance with the works of some of our leading creatives
Football takes a U-turn on its way ‘home’
How an earwormy, tongue-in-cheek song became an anthem of hope for Three Lions believers
‘Umlindelo’ captures the insider’s view from without
Umlindelo wa Makholwa is not a series of images about religion, although it is born of religion
The essayist who froze history’s quiet moments
David Goldblatt has left South African documentary photography incalculably richer, writes Niren Tolsi
David Goldblatt has died
The renowned photographer passed away in the early hours of Monday morning.
And God said: Let there be football
With substantially more followers than Christianity’s 2.3-billion, the beautiful game is a religion all of its own
It’s not all black and white
A new David Goldblatt exhibition in Paris raises questions about the photographer in relation to documentary practice in South Africa
The structures that David Goldblatt values
Photographer David Goldblatt and Jeremy Kuper discuss old monuments and moves by students to have statues like that of Cecil John Rhodes removed.
David Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally’s ‘Memory Against Forgetting’
David Goldblatt salutes a photographer whose work speaks fluently about people and events
David Goldblatt’s landscapes of high voltage
Never obvious, photographer David Goldblatt’s landscapes are elegiac, silent – and monumental, writes Melvyn Minnaar.
Ayanda Mabulu’s painting back on display at Jo’burg art fair
Ayanda Mabulu’s Yakhali’inkomo — Black Man’s Cry has been put back on display at the FNB Joburg Art Fair.
Art Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat
The Jo’burg Art Fair will allow Ayanda Mabulu’s controversial painting to stay after featured artist David Goldblatt threatened to quit in protest.
Art Fair in focus
What’s waiting for you at this year’s FNB Jo’burg Art Fair? We get a sneak preview of the weekend ahead and chat to curators and artists.
Goldblatt: I’m after a particular sense of stillness
David Goldblatt is the featured artist at this year’s Johannesburg Art Fair. He is showing work under the title The Frock and Other Pictures.
Eleven new galleries exhibiting at Jo’burg Art Fair
The FNB Jo’burg Art Fair has launched, with an announcement that 11 new galleries would be showing work at the fair for the first time.
Umhlaba 1913-2013: Primeval snapshots of our lost and stolen worlds
From Hugh Exton’s portraits to images of Marikana, an exhibition that remembers the Land Act also pays tribute to socially conscious photography.
Exploration of mining taps into rich seams
Not only the subject, but also the approach and concerns of two renowned photographers lend weight to a new combined exhibition.
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Goldblatt rejects honour in protest against Bill
Photographer David Goldblatt says he won’t accept a national order in protest against the passing of the Protection of State Information Bill.
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Goldblatt’s letter to Zuma
Acclaimed photographs David Goldblatt has turned down a top SA award in protest of the secrecy Bill. Read his letter to Jacob Zuma.
Paris, passion and curiosity
African photographers were well represented at the showcase in Paris due to the drive of one collector.Natalie Dixon
Reflections on life in a rearview mirror
David Goldblatt celebrated his 80th birthday in November last year. He tells fellow photographer <b>Jo Ractliffe</b> about his journey.
