On the Mines is a re-designed and expanded version of David Goldblatts influential book of 1973

An original drawing by the Cuban artist Alejandro Campins closes the book

like Kippenberger or Cindy Sherman

if only for a moment

The images in the book show the transition from traditional rural life and the impact of religion

Les Gitans (The Gypsies) large format On the Mines is aFirst edition of Les Gitans by Lucien Clergue. First impression. Medium format hardback in fine condition. text in French About It was in 1955 that Lucien Clergue plunged into the gypsy universe by going to the annual pilgrimage in honour of the gypsy patron Saint Sarah the Black. There he bumped into one of his neighbours from Arles, the singer Jos Reyes with the young guitarist Manitas de Plata, then unknown. Accepted into the gypsy community,