A Transkei family in KTC Squatter Camp, Cape Town
Photograph
1984 (photographed)
1984 (photographed)
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A black and white photograph of a family inside a makeshift shelter. The woman and the man are lying on the opposite ends of a bed while the child is sitting between them.
Object details
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| Title | A Transkei family in KTC Squatter Camp, Cape Town (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | 'A Transkei family in KTC Squatter Camp, Cape Town', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1984. |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph of a family inside a makeshift shelter. The woman and the man are lying on the opposite ends of a bed while the child is sitting between them. |
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| Credit line | Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987 |
| Production | Alternative title: 'No work, no pass, no legal rights to employment or residence in the area which they have 'settled': a family in their shelter at KTC Squatter Camp, Cape Town. Their shelter has been demolished by officials of the Western Cape Development Board more times they can remember. 1984'. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Goldblatt, David. Kith, kin & khaya: South African photographs. Johannesburg: Goodman Gallery Editions, 2010. Illustrated p. 91, 193. |
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| Accession number | E.106-1992 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2009 |
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