Photograph overview
A Family Collecting Wood, Dinokana, North West Province, 1980 by Paul Alberts records a family carrying gathered firewood along a rural road.
Pictured:
A family walks along a dusty road in Dinokana in 1980, carrying large bundles of collected wood. Several figures balance branches on their heads while others follow across the dry landscape.
The woman in the foreground looks directly towards the camera as she supports a bundle of wood above her head. Behind her, the remaining family members are spaced across the road, creating a strong sense of movement and distance within the composition.
The photograph records the physical work involved in gathering and transporting wood for everyday use. Alberts photographs the family within the wider landscape, bringing together the individuals, the road and the surrounding terrain without separating the people from the environment in which the activity takes place.
Paul Alberts was known for documenting South African communities and landscapes during the apartheid era. His photographs often focused on rural life, displacement, labour and the social conditions experienced by people living beyond the country’s major urban centres.
A Family Collecting Wood, Dinokana, North West Province, 1980 forms part of this wider photographic record. The image preserves a specific daily activity while also contributing to Alberts’ sustained documentation of South African life during a period of deep political and economic inequality.
Collecting Paul Alberts’ work offers a direct connection to an important period in South African documentary photography. His prints are valued for their historical significance, careful observation and detailed record of communities and landscapes that were frequently overlooked within official representations of the country.
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Print Information:
Original silver gelatin hand-print printed by Paul Alberts.
signed and inscribed with the title in ink in the margin; inscribed with the title and 'BOP 1-29' in pencil on the reverse.
Image Size: 19cm by 28,5cm
sheet size: 30 by 40cm, unframed
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Paul Alberts | A Family Collecting Wood, Dinokana, North West Province, 1980.
A family carries large bundles of collected wood along a rural road in Dinokana in 1980. An original hand-print printed by South African photographer Paul Alberts.
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