David Goldblatt and the everyday reality of South African racism - in pictures
(The Guardian South Africa)

David Goldblatt considered himself a documentarian rather than an artist, and the central concern of his work was apartheid. But rather than the brutal, visceral horrors, his photographs captured the apparently mundane details of daily life in a country ruled by racism, and the result is an eerie, unsettling insight into everyday moral compromise. Now, Sydney´s Museum of Contemporary Art presents David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948-2018 - a retrospective already commissioned when the artist died in June - that takes in the full scope of Goldblatt´s seven decades of work, from his famous series On the Mines to never-before-seen pieces from his personal archive. Here is a preview of what´s on show.o David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948-2018 is showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, from 19 October 2018 to 3 March 2019 o David Goldblatt´s photographs: documenting the casual horror of apartheid South Africa Continue reading...