In 2013, as quoted by Diane Smyth in Obituary: David Goldblatt, photographer, 1930-2018, British Journal of Photography, 26 June 2018
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I’m a plodder. If you look back at my work, it’s a straight-line graph with a few bumps. I’ve been doing the same thing for 60 years. Today I’m doing exactly what I was doing in the years of apartheid. I’m looking critically at the processes taking place in my country.

— David Goldblatt

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I’m a plodder. If you look back at my work, it’s a straight-line graph with a few bumps. I’ve been doing the same thing for 60 years. Today I’m doing exactly what I was doing in the years of apartheid. I’m looking critically at the processes taking place in my country." in the context of "In 2013, as quoted by Diane Smyth in Obituary: David Goldblatt, photographer, 1930-2018, British Journal of Photography, 26 June 2018" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About David Goldblatt

David Goldblatt (29 November 1930 – 25 June 2018) was a South African photographer.