David Goldblatt’s photographic legacy lives on through digital archive project

David Goldblatt, Saturday afternoon in Sunward Park, 1979. Photo courtesy of Goodman Gallery.

South African collection withdrawn from University of Cape Town over censorship row forms the heart of Goodman Gallery’s new initiative. South Africa’s Goodman Gallery has this week unveiled David Goldblatt’s digital archive of photographs as part of its new Photography Legacy Project.

The Randfontein-born photographer withdrew his physical archive from the University of Cape Town in early 2017—around 18 months before he died—following a widely reported row over censorship…