{"product_id":"david-goldblatt-the-last-interview-by-david-goldblatt-9783958295599","title":"David Goldblatt: The Last Interview","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by some of his lesser-known photographs, this distilled dialogue is drawn directly from the recordings of a roving conversation with David Goldblatt three months before his death in June 2018. Goldblatt was born in Randfontein—a mining town on the Witwatersrand gold reef—in 1930, the grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish migrants who settled in South Africa after escaping persecution in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the death of his father in 1962, Goldblatt sold the family clothing business to become a full-time photographer. Describing himself as \"a self-appointed observer and critic of the society into which I was born,\" he photographed the people, landscapes, and structures of South Africa under apartheid and its persistent aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this candid conversation with writer Alexandra Dodd, Goldblatt shares his views about land and landscape, the dangerous lure of repetition in portrait photography, Johannesburg, the solipsism of life as a photographer, staying sharp, his visceral intolerance of censorship, his abiding interest in structures, and his observation of instances of dominion under democracy, among other key themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn March, I flew up to Johannesburg to interview Goldblatt. When he opened the gate, I could see the effects on his body of his fight with illness. He was smaller, more hewn than ever. As we entered the sanctum of his office, he stopped in the doorway, flinched, and said something along the lines of: 'Forgive me if I'm not at my best with this catheter up my cock.' With that, our conversation began...\u003c\/i\u003e Alexandra Dodd\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48010577445100,"sku":"9783958295599","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783958295599-david-goldblatt-the-last-interview.jpg?v=1785151701","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/david-goldblatt-the-last-interview-by-david-goldblatt-9783958295599","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}