Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, the third son of Eli Goldblatt and Olga Light both of whom came to South Africa as children with their parents, to escape the persecution of the Lithuanian Jewish communities in the 1890's.
He became interested in photography while at Krugersdorp High School and after matriculation in 1948 wished to become a magazine photographer. However the field was almost unknown in South Africa at that time and after trying unsuccessfully to enter the profession, he went to work in his father's men's outfitting store in Randfontein.
David Goldblatt has won the most prestigious photography prize in the world,
The Hasselblad Photography Award. He is the only South African artist to win
this prize, and will receive it at an award ceremony on the 25th November
2006 in Goteberg, Sweden. For more information please visit the following
link:
| hasselblad foundation
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