David Goldblatt — On the Mines
David Goldblatt — On the Mines
David Goldblatt — On the Mines
David Goldblatt — On the Mines
David Goldblatt — On the Mines
David Goldblatt — On the Mines
David Goldblatt — On the Mines
David Goldblatt — On the Mines
David Goldblatt — On the Mines
David Goldblatt — On the Mines

David Goldblatt — On the Mines

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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 There are thirty-one new mostly unpublished photos including colour images, eleven deleted images, a postscript by Gordimer to her essay, as well as a text by Goldblatt reflecting on his childhood and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.

CONDITION & NOTES Near Fine / Transparent dust jacket has some wear and surface scratching.
AUTHOR David Goldblatt
TITLE On the Mines
TYPE Hardcover
PUBLICATION YEAR 2012
EDITION First
LANGUAGE English
PUBLISHER Steidl
DIMENSIONS (APPROX.) 28.5 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm
STOCK ID BOO 1842 U