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goldblattdavid Inventory of the David Goldblatt Photographs and Films, 1960-1976 Processed by: Katy Terrell; machine-readable finding aid created by: Katy Terrell and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 002520506

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: November 2009Processed by Katy Terrell, November 2009; finding aid encoded by Katy Terrell and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, November 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the David Goldblatt Photographs and Films, 1960-1976 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Goldblatt, David. David Goldblatt Photographs and Films, 1960-1976 Material in English 3.6 Linear Feet 257 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Documentary photographer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Collection of 251 black and white photographic prints taken by David Goldblatt of black and white South African miners, and white South African Afrikaners during the 1960s. Collection also includes copies of three 16 mm films, Soweto, On the Mines, and Some Afrikaners, created by Goldblatt in 1976 from his still images. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts, Duke University. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], David Goldblatt Photographs and Films, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

Provenance

The David Goldblatt Photographs and Films were placed on deposit in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 1989 and converted to a gift in 2006. Subsequent additions were received in 2008-2009.

Processing Information

Processed by Katy Terrell, November 2009

Encoded by Katy Terrell and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, November 2009

Accessions 89-005 and 2006-0007, 2008-0013, 2008-0031, 2009-0004, and 2009-0171 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

David Goldblatt was born November 29, 1930 in the South African city Randfontein of the province Gauteng. His photographic career began at age eighteen when he began taking pictures. With parents and grandparents who fled Lithuania around 1890 to escape from religious persecution against Jews, Goldblatt found himself simultaneously a part of white society that saw itself as superior, and an object of racial and religious oppression; this may explain in part the subjects of his images, which explore and document the complexities of a particular historical moment in South Africa. Goldblatt was drawn to the gold mines near his hometown, which he photographed primarily in black and white; later, in the 1990s, he began to explore color photography. Besides contributing to many photographic exhibitions, Goldblatt has published many books, and has also produced films created from his still images.

Collection Overview

Collection of 251 silver bromide black and white photographic prints taken by David Goldblatt in South Africa during the late 1960s, as well as copies of three 16 mm films, Soweto, On the Mines, and Some Afrikaners, created in 1976 from his still images. Goldblatt captured the photographic images in different regions of South Africa, traveling from his hometown west of Johannesburg to the Western Cape province and the Karoo. DVD viewing copies are available for these films. The photographs in this collection were published in Goldblatt's first two books: On The Mines (1973, with Nadine Gordimer) and Some Afrikaners Photographed (1975). The On the Mines series, from the late 1960s, features images of both white and black South African gold miners, in groups and individually, both inside and outside the mines. The images in the Some Afrikaners series, shot from 1961 to 1968, depict the everyday life of white South Africans, known as Afrikaners, and the environment in which they live. Subjects include school, recreation, mealtimes, buildings, decorum and dress; there are group pictures as well as individual portraits. Print sizes vary, with 8x10 inch prints, uncropped work prints of custom sizes and shapes on paper no larger than approximately 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, and prints mounted on 12 1/2 x 13 inch tan matte boards. Most have notes with printing instructions, with occasional captions on backs of prints or beneath prints on matte boards. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts, Duke University.

Subject Headings

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Afrikaners--Pictorial works. Afrikaners--South Africa. Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University) Apartheid--South Africa --Pictorial works. Black and white films. Black and white photographs. Blacks--South Africa--Pictorial works. Documentary films--South Africa. Documentary photography--South Africa. DVDs. Gold miners--South Africa. Gold mines and mining--South Africa. Goldblatt, David. Goldblatt, David. On the mines. Goldblatt, David. On the mines (Film). Goldblatt, David. Some Afrikaners (Film). Goldblatt, David. Some Afrikaners photographed. Goldblatt, David. Soweto (Film). Johannesburg (South Africa)--Pictorial works. Karoo (South Africa)--Pictorial works. Miners--South Africa--Pictorial works. Photographers--South Africa. South Africa--History--Pictorial works. South Africa--Social conditions--1961-1994. South Africa--Social life and customs--Pictorial works. Western Cape (South Africa)--Pictorial works. Related Material South African Photographs Collection, 1970s-2008 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Paul Weinberg Photographs [rural indigenous communities and urban culture in several African countries] David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Contents of Collection On The Mines Series, 1960s (3 boxes)

Consists of 115 black and white silver bromide prints (31 8x10s and 84 of custom sizes) of images taken in and around the gold mines near Johannesburg, in the late 1960s. Approximately sixty of the prints are portraits of miners.

131 8x10 prints 250 custom size work prints 334 custom size work prints Some Afrikaners Series, 1961-1968 (3 boxes)

Consists of 136 black and white silver bromide prints (23 8x10s and 113 in other sizes). Subjects are Afrikaner families and individuals in various social settings.

123 8x10 prints 467 custom size work prints 546 custom work prints Films Series, 1976

Contains three 16mm films SOWETO, ON THE MINES, and SOME AFRIKANERS, which Goldblatt created by filming the still images contained in the photographs collection.

[CLOSED: Original recordings are closed to use. DVD viewing copy of the films is available in negative file cabinet; please consult with a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]