The powerful modesty of David Goldblatt

“Light is to a photographer what music is to a dancer; we can’t work without it.” – David Goldblatt

Telford Vice / Johannesburg

JIMI Hendrix played a toy guitar. Jackson Pollock painted in the cheapest PVA. Lewis Hamilton wins races in a croaking VW Beetle, circa 1970.

And David Goldblatt’s camera is crap.

Don’t take our word for it. At least, not when it comes to that last ridiculousness.

“I use a 4×5; it’s not a very good camera,” Goldblatt said as he walked and talked his way...

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