{"title":"Jan Greshoff","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"jan-greshoff-the-parade-cape-town-1960s-1970s-volume-1","title":"Jan Greshoff: The Parade, Cape Town 1960s-1970s. Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJan Greshoff was a Belgium born architect by profession but a photographer\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003eby passion. He left Europe for Cape Town, South Africa in 1939 and documented Cape Town and his environs from the early sixties to the late seventies. He is perhaps better known for his work documenting the last days of District Six. In contrast to many of his District Six pictures, the images presented here are not known. For the most part and with a few exceptions Jan occupied himself with the structures of his environment. No doubt his profession had something to do with this interest.\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis series however, represents a rare and unique reversal of this approach. Here he concentrated his vision on the faces and human \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003edetails of the Parade marketplace - there are very few images of the buildings and spaces surrounding the Parade in his archive and none on medium format - and in so doing was able to distil the persistence of humanity in a time of South African history that was riven with injustice and violence. It is therefore a more intimate document and the collection has a humanity and intimacy not always evident in his wider oeuvre.\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJan Greshoff died in 2007. The Parade was and still is the location of a large\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eweekly market situated close to the heart of Cape Town. It was also where\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNelson Mandela made his first public speech after his release from prison in\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1990.\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eCafé Royal Books, established in 2005, is a small family-run publisher based in England, focussing on documentary photography linked to Britain and Ireland, printed and bound locally by a small 170 year old printing company. In 2022 Café Royal Books received the Royal Photographic Society Award for Photographic Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/collections\/cafe-royal-books\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eView more \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCafé Royal Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Café Royal Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44173088850178,"sku":"BK-CRB-JGCT1-001-H","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_5250_59623b97-e62d-4e59-beb9-6545fbcb2f11.jpg?v=1791392825"},{"product_id":"jan-greshoff-the-parade-cape-town-1960s-1970s-volume-2","title":"Jan Greshoff: The Parade, Cape Town 1960s-1970s. Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJan Greshoff was a Belgium born architect by profession but a photographer\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003eby passion. He left Europe for Cape Town, South Africa in 1939 and documented Cape Town and his environs from the early sixties to the late seventies. He is perhaps better known for his work documenting the last days of District Six. In contrast to many of his District Six pictures, the images presented here are not known. For the most part and with a few exceptions Jan occupied himself with the structures of his environment. No doubt his profession had something to do with this interest.\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis series however, represents a rare and unique reversal of this approach. Here he concentrated his vision on the faces and human \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003edetails of the Parade marketplace - there are very few images of the buildings and spaces surrounding the Parade in his archive and none on medium format - and in so doing was able to distil the persistence of humanity in a time of South African history that was riven with injustice and violence. It is therefore a more intimate document and the collection has a humanity and intimacy not always evident in his wider oeuvre.\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJan Greshoff died in 2007. The Parade was and still is the location of a large\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eweekly market situated close to the heart of Cape Town. It was also where\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNelson Mandela made his first public speech after his release from prison in\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1990.\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eCafé Royal Books, established in 2005, is a small family-run publisher based in England, focussing on documentary photography linked to Britain and Ireland, printed and bound locally by a small 170 year old printing company. In 2022 Café Royal Books received the Royal Photographic Society Award for Photographic Publishing.\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/jan-greshoff-the-parade-cape-town-1960s-1970s-volume-1\" style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/collections\/cafe-royal-books\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eView more \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCafé Royal Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Café Royal Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44173089898754,"sku":"BK-CRB-JGCT2-001-H","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_5252_4b08acd5-ec7f-4560-85ae-be02fa59687f.jpg?v=1791392806"},{"product_id":"jan-greshoff-the-parade-cape-town-1960s-1970s-volume-3","title":"Jan Greshoff: The Parade, Cape Town 1960s-1970s. 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