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.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
May 20, 2021
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