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© David Goldblatt, May 1967, Concession store interior, Crown Mines, Johannesburg
This photo is part of the book “On The Mines” by David Goldblatt and Nadine Gordimer.
On The Mines is a re-designed and expanded version of David Goldblatt’s influential book of 1973. Goldblatt grew up in the South African town of Randfontein, which was shaped by the social culture and financial success of the gold mines surrounding it. When these mines started to fail in the mid-sixties Goldblatt began taking photos of them, which form the basis of On the Mines. The book features an essay on the human and political dimensions of mining in South Africa by Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, whose writing has long influenced Goldblatt.
The new version of the book maintains the original three chapters “The Witwatersrand: a Time and Tailings”, “Shaftsinking” and “Mining Men”, but is otherwise completely updated, in Goldblatt’s words, “to expand the view but not to alter the sense of things”. There are thirty-one new, mostly unpublished photos including colour images, eleven deleted images, a postscript by Gordimer to her essay, as well as a text by Goldblatt reflecting on his childhood and the 1973 book. (+)
Read an interview with David Goldblatt here.
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© David Goldblatt, May 1967, Concession store interior, Crown Mines, Johannesburg
This photo is part of the book “On The Mines” by David Goldblatt and Nadine Gordimer.
On The Mines is a re-designed and expanded version of David Goldblatt’s influential book of 1973. Goldblatt grew up in the South African town of Randfontein, which was shaped by the social culture and financial success of the gold mines surrounding it. When these mines started to fail in the mid-sixties Goldblatt began taking photos of them, which form the basis of On the Mines. The book features an essay on the human and political dimensions of mining in South Africa by Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, whose writing has long influenced Goldblatt.
The new version of the book maintains the original three chapters “The Witwatersrand: a Time and Tailings”, “Shaftsinking” and “Mining Men”, but is otherwise completely updated, in Goldblatt’s words, “to expand the view but not to alter the sense of things”. There are thirty-one new, mostly unpublished photos including colour images, eleven deleted images, a postscript by Gordimer to her essay, as well as a text by Goldblatt reflecting on his childhood and the 1973 book. (+)
Read an interview with David Goldblatt here.
Johnny Clegg & Juluka | Gijim Beke
Rule Britannia c.1900
in comments:
It’s about the Boers in Transvaal having to accept British rule in South Africa.
C.I.V.: The City of London Yeomanry, also known as the City Imperial Volunteers—posted by paul.malon
Original (2569 x 3383)
(via Dans les clubs Sud Africains en 1968 | La boite verte)
Le photographe Billy Monk a pris ces photos dans des clubs de Cape Town en Afrique du Sud dans les années 1967-1969, plus de photos sur ce site.
