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RSS FeedsDavid Goldblatt`s photographs: documenting the casual horror of apartheid South Africa
(The Guardian South Africa)

 
 

15 october 2018 19:42:49

 
David Goldblatt`s photographs: documenting the casual horror of apartheid South Africa
(The Guardian South Africa)
 


Goldblatt´s photographs capture the understated unease of living an ordinary life in a society that was anything but normalThe photograph makes me squirm. Four young women, cling-wrapped in awkward swimsuits and perched on high heels, stand on display. One smirks, the other three look unsure. They clutch their competition numbers and present their naked white legs for consideration by the unseen judges.Behind the stage, a crowd of mostly women and children cluster around the elevated stage, their faces resigned or perplexed. Dotted among the crowd, a few white men stare blankly, appraising the women´s bodies, while the only black man frowns. Most people seem bemused by the uncomfortable spectacle taking place in their local supermarket. Outside the frame, shoppers push their trolleys through the aisles, taking toilet paper and bread rolls and washing powder off the shelves. Related: Athi-Patra Ruga`s best photograph: a queer black fantasia with added zebras Related: The Birmingham Project: behind Dawoud Bey`s haunting portraits Continue reading...


 
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