On the Mines this record of their spontaneous

this record of their spontaneous

it becomes more and more difficult to understand the impact and the restrictions enacted by the many details involved in the act of photography

greed and political power

a fossil for our examination

On the Mines this record of their spontaneousOn 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