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David Goldblatt — Shop assistant, Orlando West, Soweto
David Goldblatt

Shop assistant, Orlando West, Soweto

David Goldblatt's photograph of a shop assistant in Orlando West, Soweto is a poignant study of labor and identity during apartheid South Africa. The signed and annotated work exemplifies Goldblatt's unflinching examination of social structures and human resilience.

Medium
Signed, dated and annotated ‘P/P’ in pencil in the margin.

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May 20, 2021

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David Goldblatt, Shop assistant, Orlando West, Soweto

David Goldblatt's photograph of a shop assistant in Orlando West, Soweto is a poignant study of labor and identity during apartheid South Africa. The signed and annotated work exemplifies Goldblatt's unflinching examination of social structures and human resilience.

Medium
Signed, dated and annotated ‘P/P’ in pencil in the margin.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

South Africa, Institutional Critique, Political, Human dignity, Labor, Portrait, Social Documentary, Soweto, Black and White, Apartheid

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