GOLDBLATT, David - Particulars

Background information

"Following a series of portraits of his compatriots made in the early 1970s, photographer David GOLDBLATT, for a very short and intense period of time, naturally turned to focusing on peoples’ particulars and individual body languages 'as affirmations or embodiments of their selves.'
His affinity was no accident: Working at his father’s men’s outfitting store in the 1950s, his awareness of posture, gesture and proportion—technical as it was—formed early and would accompany him throughout his life.

Content

In this series, Particulars' by David GOLDBLATT we see hands resting on laps, crossed legs, the curved backs of sleepers on a lawn at midday, their fingers and feet relaxed, pausing from their usual occupations. This deeply contemplative work is framed by Ingrid de Kok’s poetry.
The photographs in this volume were taken beginning in 1975, the first edition of the book was published in 2003. For this re-edit, David GOLDBLATT has revised 'Particulars'." (© Steidl Verlag, 2014)

About South African photographer, David GOLDBLATT (1930-2018)

Photo books by and on the work of David GOLDBLATT