On the Mines by David Goldblatt

On the Mines by David GoldblattOn 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

Rwanda: Vestiges of a Genocide (2004)

I hope even

In 1947 Sekoto made the momentous decision to leave the country of his birth and travel to Paris - like many voluntary and involuntary exiles

collecting them and trying to understand the patterns that emerged

The second half of this big volume

relatively young South African artists who have displayed outstanding talent in their artistic endeavours

fusing eastern and western aesthetics in an ethereal world populated by kimono-clad Japanese women and lost Victorian dandies

Complementing Venville's photographs is a series of astonishingly candid interviews with the women of Casa X by the well-known Mexican writer Amanda de la Rosa

and ecology

refuse collectors and criminals

3 cm | 105 pages | softcover

Ndzundza Wall Decorations in the Transvaal