ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE:
DAVID GOLDBLATT
Interviewed by Mark Durden
Location: Modern Art, Oxford
Date: January 2003
Portrait by Warren van Rensburg
Chapter 4:
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Stephen le Roux - during the day he farmed a huge estate, at night he read Gnosticism and alchemy and, under the name of Etienne Leroux, wrote highly acclaimed Afrikaans novels, one of which was banned. Klipfontein, Free State, Oct 1965.
A widow's home. Near Phuthaditjhaba, QwaQwa. May 1989.
Chapter 4 Synopsis:
- 'Sunday Afternoon: Margaret Mcingana at Home' - typifies Soweto dwellings.
- No one else producing work with an emphasis on background details at this time.
- Asked for photograph to introduce article on Society and the Press in South Africa.
- Begins to look for a way represent South African society in a single image.
- Starts photographing around street corners.
- At same time working on another series - 'Pictures in Traffic'.
- Inspired by opening scene of Fellini's 'Eight and a Half'.
- Carries a camera in the car - takes a photograph at every junction.
- Late '70s makes conscious attempt to examine white middle-class South Africa.
- Boksburg work - a deeply critical series, full of sad reflection.
- 'Girl in her New Tutu' - critical yet sympathetic protrait of middle-class values.
- Recurring emphasis throughout work on touch and physicality.
Stephen le Roux - during the day he farmed a huge estate, at night he read Gnosticism and alchemy and, under the name of Etienne Leroux, wrote highly acclaimed Afrikaans novels, one of which was banned. Klipfontein, Free State, Oct 1965.
A widow's home. Near Phuthaditjhaba, QwaQwa. May 1989.
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