The Particulars exhibition consists of 27 black-and-white 16 x 20" images and coincided with the launch of the book of the same title. Goldblatt worked on the Particular series for many years, and in this publication he brings together photographs of South Africa people illustrating how a small detail of a body, clothing, hair or skin can lead a viewer to make judgments about class and colour, and time and place. The book was published in five colours on 250 gsm acid free, dioxin free Job Parilux paper manufactured from chlorine free pulp in an edition of 100 collectors' copies and 500 standard copies. Of these, 100 copies and 20 author's proofs were supplied in hand-made slip-cases, each with a 203 x 254 mm silver print, processed to archival standards, of one of four of the photographs in the book. The prints were made by Dennis da Silva of Silvertone International, Johannesburg. The prints have been signed by the author, and the slip- cased books signed and numbered opposite the title page.

Publishing details are as follows:
Publisher: Goodman Gallery Editions, Johannesburg
ISBN 0-620-30659-9
Design: Francois Smit and David Goldblatt
Editor: Mary Reynolds
Reproduction: Scan Shop
Printing: Hansa Reproprint cc, Cape Town
Binding: Hand-sewn by GraphiCraft, Cape Town

1 Woman smoking Fordsburg, Johannesburg, 1975	2 Man on a bench Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 1975	3 Women at play during their lunch-hour Pieter Roos Park, Johannesburg, 1975	4 Man sleeping Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 1975
5 Woman collecting shellfish Port St Johns, Transkei, 1975	6 Woman sun-bathing Fellside, Johannesburg, 1975	7 Man sleeping Joubert Park, Johannesburg, August 1975	8 Woman sleeping Zoo Lake, Johannesburg, 1975
9 Woman sleeping Zoo Lake, Johannesburg, 1975	10 Woman dressed for an occasion Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 1975	11 Child minder Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 1975	12 Woman resting on her way to work De Villiers Street Park, Johannesburg, July 1975
13 Man with necklace Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 1975	14 Woman at a picnic Zoo Lake, Johannesburg, 1975	15 Girl with purse Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 1975	16 Woman on her bed Yeoville, Johannesburg, December 1983
17 Grandmother and child Transkei, 1975	18 Woman going to the trading store holding money under her blanket Near Flagstaff, Transkei, 1975	19 Woman resting at the trading store Hobeni, Bomwanaland, Transkei, 1975	20 Blanketed man at the trading store Hobeni, Bomwanaland, Transkei, 1975
21 Woman at home Coffee Bay, Transkei, 1975	22 Woman on a bench Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 1975	23 Couple at The Wilds Johannesburg, 1975	24 Woman with pierced ear Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 1975
25 Couple on a Sunday afternoon Zoo Lake, Johannesburg, 1975	26 Crippled by a stray bullet from an argument in which he had no part, a former gold-miner sits in a wheelchair and begs at a crossroad on the Johannesburg-Cape Town highway, while pursuing winning numbers for the national lottery. Springfontein, 7 August 2003	27 Handwork for sale Marine Parade, Durban, 2 August, 1982