Hillbrow

Photography by Glynn Griffiths and text by Paddi Clay

Description:

Hillbrow in the early 80s. Photographer Glynn Griffiths took his camera into Hillbrow to capture its many-faceted moods for this book. Most pictures have the spontaneity and excitement of the unposed, candid shot; some were taken furtively through a hole cut in his jacket, when to be seen with a camera would have spelled trouble. The result speaks for themselves; in turn amusing, horrific, pathetic, gripping and tragic, Griffiths' photographs are an honest and gripping cross-section of what maybe seen and experience on any Hillbrow street corner, in any night club or cafe, park or bed-sit. Paddi Clay, who came to Hillbrow with initial fear and suspicion, was wooed and won over by the area's sheer interest and complexity and its kaleidoscope of humanity. She tells the insider's story as it should be told - from the inside. Revealing the hopes and fears, the hectic highs and despairing lows behind the blank, private faces thronging the streets, her narrative is a commentary and insight into the picture. Book and jacket show some use and wear, overall a very good, clean and attractive second hand copy.

Details:

  • Publisher: Dan Nelson
  • Publisher Place: Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: 1982
  • Edition: First
  • Jacket Condition: Very Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Lot No: 13
  • Hammer Price: $80
  • Bids: 1
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  • Estimate: $120
  • Reserve: $80

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  • Name: BOHEMSKYS
  • Address: Box 246 Sedgefield 6573
  • Contact Person: Jeannine Du Venage
  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Email: jeannineduvenage@gmail.com
  • Website: www.bohemskys.com
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  • Additional Information: I specialise in South African art reference – books, catalogues and ephemera. I have been selling books for nearly 20 years, starting with a book shop, BOHEMSKYS, in Yeoville’s Rockey Street in the early 90s. I have been selling on-line for years and I know what cyber buyers need – accurate descriptions, great pictures, good communication when it comes to payment, and promptly delivered, securely-packed parcels containing their orders. Postage costs - R45 per book within South Africa. $20 per book international surface mail and $35 per book international air mail. PLEASE NOTE Payment methods - EFT and PayPal. Payment by credit card is only available via PayPal, I do not have my own credit card facilities.