ISBN David Goldblatt + Nadine Gordimer: On the Mines book Photography English Hardcover 180 pages

On the Mines is a re-designed and expanded version of David Goldblatts influential book of 1973. Goldblatt grew up in the South African town of Randfontein. which was shaped by the social culture and financial success of the gold mines surrounding it. When these mines started to fail in the mid-sixties Goldblatt began taking photos of them. which form the basis of On the Mines. The book features an essay on the human and political dimensions of mining in South Africa by Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer. whose writing has long influenced Goldblatt. The new version of the book maintains the original three chapters The Witwatersrand: a Time and Tailings. Shaftsinking and Mining Men. but is otherwise completely updated. in Goldblatts words. to expand the view but not to alter the sense of things. There ...