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Depicted Johannesburg, South Africa

In the garden of Felicia and Sydney Kentridge, Houghton, Johannesburg

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

"Location in the Sky": The servants' quarters of Essanby House, Jeppe Street, Johannesburg, 4 April 1984

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Monolith and old man, Sanlam Sentrum, Jeppe Street, Johannesburg, 19 July 1984

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Crocheted tablecloths for sale, William Nicol Drive, Johannesburg, 15 September 1985

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Dutch Reformed Church, completed in 1984, Quellerina, Johannesburg, 3 November 1986

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Dutch Reformed Church, completed in 1984, Quellerina, Johannesburg, 3 November 1986

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

The meeting place of the Jerusalema Apostolic Church in Zion, Melrose Bird Sanctuary, Johannesburg, 31 December 1987

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Second Avenue, Houghton, Johannesburg

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Part of the Candle of Hope, a sculpture by businessman Bart Dorrestein and sculptor Sally-Ann Graham, corner of Maud and Fifth Streets, Sandton, Johannesburg, 18 December 2011

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Refugees from Zimbabwe and refugees from violent acts of xenophobia on the Witwatersrand, sheltering in the Central Methodist Church, Kerk Street, Johannesburg, 22 March 2009

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

The City, the Firewalker, and the aftermath of copper cable theft. Queen Elizabeth bridge, Johannesburg, 29 December 2011. The 11-metre sculpture by William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx depicts one of the women often seen on Joburg streets carrying a brazier with live coals on her head. She will set it up on a city sidewalk where she will roast yellow mielies, or sheep's heads, for sale to passersby. The scattered paving stones result from an electric cable connecting these lampposts being tied to a rope hitched to the back of a bakkie, which then ripped the cable out of the ground for the theft of its copper wire.

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Cows at a taxi rank on Error Street, New Doornfontein, Johannesburg, 8 December 2012

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Sculpted by Kagiso Pat Mautloa, a memorial to those who died while in the detention of the Security Police in this building, John Vorster Square, now Johannesburg Central Police Station. 27 February 2012

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

This park and its art works are dedicated to the memory of David Webster, anti Apartheid activist, anthropologist, and academic. Webster was assassinated outside his Troyville home on 1 May 1989, by Ferdi Barnard, an agent of the Apartheid government's hit squad, the Civil Cooperation Bureau. Troyville, Johannesburg, June 2012

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Student's sculpture commemorating the uprising of 1976: Across the road from Morris Isaacson High School in Soweto, there is an open piece of ground and some trees. It is said that students met under the trees to "strategies" for the march that became the

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Pedestrian bridge over the Cape Town–Johannesburg railway line in the village of Leeu Gamka (population about 2,000). Apartheid law required that all public amenities had to be racially segregated. Accordingly, from about 1966, the people of Leeu Gamka crossed this bridge in two streams—"White" and "Non White." Since 1992 the Apartheid laws and notice boards have gone but the steel divider remains. 20 August 2016

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

The 1,000-seat Sanlam Auditorium of the University of Johannesburg, destroyed by arson, probably by students, at 02h00 on 15 May 2016, 10 August 2016

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Punishment Cells, Johannesburg Prison for Black Males, 31 December 1999

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Victoria Cobokana, housekeeper, in her employer’s dining room with her son Sifiso and daughter Onica, Johannesburg, June 1999. Victoria died of AIDS on 13 December 1999, Sifiso died of AIDS on 12 January 2000, and Onica died of AIDS in May 2000. June 1999

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Waiting to sell food to construction workers who are putting the finishing touches to 93 Grayston, Sandton, Johannesburg

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Women singing, Newtown Squatter Camp, Johannesburg, 1 November 2001

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Subdivision of an apartment living room: The living space of Nkosiyabo Ndlovu, photographer, and his wife and child, 305 Leopold Heights, Bok and Claim Streets, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Photograph of Nkosiyabo Ndlovu by Terry Kurgan, Johannesburg, 23 January 2002

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Silencers for sale and fitting, Esselen and Banket Streets, Hillbrow, Johannesburg, 13 January 2002

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Braiding hair on Bree Street, Johannesburg, 7 September 2002

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

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