In Boksburg

David Goldblatt
9781935004127 / 1935004123
In Boksburg

In Boksburg

David Goldblatt
9781935004127 / 1935004123
Publisher Errata Editions
Edition Hardcover , 112 Pages
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Publisher's description

David Goldblatt’s In Boksburg stands as one of the most important observations of a middle-class white community in South Africa during the apartheid years. Published in 1982, it presents an accumulation of everyday details from the community of Boksburg through which a larger portrait is revealed of white societal values within a racially divided state. “Blacks are not of this town,” writes Goldblatt. “They serve it, trade with it, receive charity from it and are ruled, rewarded and punished by its precepts. Some, on occasion, are its privileged guests. But all who go there, do so by permit or invitation, never by right.” This facsimile reproduces all 71 black-and-white photographs as well as Goldblatt’s eloquent introduction to the work, and noted writer and editor, Joanna Lehan, contributes a contemporary essay written for this volume.Errata Editions’ Books on Books series is an ongoing publishing project dedicated to making rare and out-of-print photography books accessible to students and photobook enthusiasts. These are not reprints or facsimiles but complete studies of the original books. Each volume in the series presents the entire content, page for page, of an original master bookwork which, up until now, has been too rare or expensive for most to experience. Through a mix of classic and contemporary titles, this series spans the breadth of photographic practice as it has appeared on the printed page and allows further study of the creation and meanings of these great works of art. Each volume in the series contains illustrations of every page in the original photobook, a new essay by an established writer on photography, production notes about the creation of the original edition and biographical and bibliographical information about each artist.

Specifications

Book title In Boksburg
Photographer David Goldblatt
ISBN 10 1935004123 / 1-935004-12-3       
ISBN 13 9781935004127 / 978-1-935004-12-7
Publisher Errata Editions
Publish date Feb 2010
Book format Hardcover
Pages 112 Pages
Dimensions 17,75 x 24,25 cm / 7 x 9.5 inches

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