David Goldblatt was popular in taking images in South Africa, mainly portraying the period of apartheid. Which was where he was taking portraits of people during this period of political war pretty much.

His history goes back to when his father gave him a camera which was found after WWII as a teenager. After that his love for photography grew, attempting to be one of those wedding photographers working for someone else at this time because he wasn’t yet ready. Eventually he sold a clothing shop that his dad gave to him after he passed, and he became a full time photographer, at first documenting South Africa’s apartheid period.

David took an image of a sales assistant in his work environment, this could be intriguing to some because it captures where this person is working and the facial expressions show the seriousness of what might be happening, you don’t see any smiles.

David Goldblatt wasn’t only famous for his environmental portraiture, he was well known for his photography skills in general by also showing his landscaping abilities, and photography of buildings, which he says that the buildings and how they look and are designed tell a lot about the person who built them.