2 BOOKS- DAVID GOLDBLATT `TJ - JOHANNESBURG PHOTOGRAPHS 1948-2010`IVAN VLADISLAVIC "DOUBLE NEGATIVE

2 BOOKS- DAVID GOLDBLATT "TJ - JOHANNESBURG PHOTOGRAPHS 1948-2010", SECOND EDITION 2011, EXCELLENT CONDITION. NO NAMES OR INSCRIPTIONS 

Photographer David Goldblatt brings together old and new photographs of Johannesburg, presented in chronological order. The book is made up mostly of quietly perfect pictures, accompanied by spare, telling captions. One sees how little things have changed since 1948. Indeed, in many ways, things may be worse now than ever before.

IVAN VLADISLAVIC "DOUBLE NEGATIVE", SECOND EDITION 2011, PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAMES ON FEP, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

A senior photographer introduces a young man to the intricacies of photography. 'If,' he says, 'I try to imagine the lives going on in all these houses, the domestic dramas, the family sagas, it seems impossibly complicated. How could you ever do justice to something so rich in detail? You couldn't do it in a novel, let alone a photograph.' The novel follows the young man's broken path, as he goes overseas, finds a career, and then comes back to a changed Johannesburg. In the process, the book develops an ever-widening perspective not only on change in the country, but also on questions to do with seeing and being seen. It brings into sharp focus South Africa's recent history and the difficulty of depicting it.