“He wasn’t just brave. He wasn’t just enterprising.
He was a supremely fine photographer.”
~ David Goldblatt
He was a supremely fine photographer.”
~ David Goldblatt
"Train Station" © The Ernest Cole Family Trust/Hasselblad Foundation Collection.
"Mine Recruitment" © The Ernest Cole Family Trust/Hasselblad Foundation Collection.There currently is, in Johannesburg, an exhibition of work by the late Black photographer Ernest Cole (1941-1990) who depicted the humiliations and depredations of Apartheid during the 1960s. Much of his work has been neglected since his death and has escaped the vaults in part due to the efforts of David Goldblatt. The exhibition has generated notices in, among other places, The Independent, The Guardian, and The New York Times [1] [2] [3]. (There is a slide show of some of his work here and a much more extensive collection here.)
