SOUTH AFRICA:

260 pages: chiefly illustrations, portraits, maps on endpapers. Quarto. Cloth, dust wrapper with small chip to one corner.

In his essay, Prof. Dubow calls Goldblatt's images "photographs of weight, of gravitas" (p.29). The structures depicted represent, for Goldblatt, the "era of Baasskap". The structures will disappear over time, or will be adapted to modern needs and Goldblatt wanted to capture them for future reference. His text sheds light on his philosophy in relation to the photographs. The images were taken over a period of fifteen years and the book serves as an important tool to understand both Goldblatt and South Africa. Examples of the structures include the Dutch Reformed Church Mission to Africans, Zwelihle, Hermanus, 1962; The Women's Memorial in Bloemfontein; the camp of the Voortrekker Youth Movement in Senekal; various other Dutch Reformed Churches; shacks under construction, etc. Seldom seen.