{"product_id":"fragments-of-fietas-by-david-goldblat","title":"Fragments of FIETAS by David Goldblat","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1948 and 2016, David Goldblatt returned periodically to Fietas, a suburb west of Johannesburg’s city centre, to photograph the impact of punitive segregation and ethnic cleansing wrought by apartheid legislation on its residents and landscape. Moved by the life force of the predominantly Indian community’s families, shopkeepers, and small business owners, Goldblatt attempted ‘to grasp something of their life and what they had built.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe resulting photographs, collected and published here for the first time, form a vivid social document of Fietas before, during, and after its destruction under the Group Areas Act. Earlier images of storefronts and domestic interiors contrast poignantly with those of their demolition from the late 1970s onwards. Dignified portraits of traders in their stores capture their determined efforts to build a life for their families. Interviews with past and present Fietas residents close the book, recalling the testimonials of Goldblatt’s subjects in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Transported of Kwandebele \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEx-Offenders at the Scene of Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"1204\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishing date: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBinding: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback with flaps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e224 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e24 x 28 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"1204\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-1-917651-08-0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paradis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52070093029717,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/0849\/1861\/files\/IMG_2229.webp?v=1772699093","url":"https:\/\/paradis.digital\/products\/fragments-of-fietas-by-david-goldblat","provider":"Paradis Superstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}