Genesis - Sebastiao Salgado - Taschen 2013 - Photographic Book

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Genesis by Sebastiao Salgado Hardcover 2013 Taschen ISBN 978-3-8365-3872-5 Raised on a farm in Brazil, photographer Sebastião Salgado possesses a deep love and respect for nature; he is also particularly sensitive to the ways in which humankind endangers the planet. Beyond devastating socioeconomic conditions, the body of work Salgado has produced in his landmark photographic volumes helps reveal our impact on the environment. In Workers (1993), documenting the vanishing world of manual laborers across the globe, and Migrations (2000), a tribute to human displacement and upheaval, Salgado addressed environmental degradation driven by demographic pressures, consumption, and exploitation. Now, through Genesis, Salgado embarks on a journey to discover the animal and peoples that have not or have as yet escaped the imprint of modern society—on the land as if it were at the beginning of time, covering 46% of the planet’s surface. In the process, Salgado reaffirms: “We must preserve what exists.” The Genesis project, along with his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado, becomes a call to arms to humanity to rediscover its origins in nature, to see and be awed by the beauty of our planet, revealing the damage done to it, and preserving it for the future. Over 32 trips—traveled by foot, light aircraft, seagoing vessels, canoes, and even balloons, through extreme heat and cold and in sometimes dangerous conditions—Salgado assembled a collection of astonishing images showing nature, animals, and i

• ISBN: 9783836538725
• Condition: Good

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