Description
| Product ID: | 9783822856215 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IT |
| Title: | Sebastiao Salgado. Africa |
| Authors: | Author: Mia Couto, Lelia Wanick Salgado |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Individual photographers, Individual photographers, Photographs: collections, Photographs: collections, Africa, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1980 to c 1990, c 1990 to c 2000 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Sebastião Salgado’s stark black-and-white images of Africa come together in this remarkable photographic collection, shot over a period of 30 years. These images tell the tale of a continent ravaged by troubles but immensely rich in history and culture. With humility and insight, Salgado draws us into multiple and diverse regions surviving in the face of environmental and humanitarian crises. Sebastião Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today, his reputation forged by decades of dedication and powerful black-and-white images of dispossessed and distressed people, taken in places where most wouldn’t dare to go. Although he has photographed throughout South America and around the globe, his work most heavily concentrates on Africa, where he has shot more than 40 reportage works over a period of 30 years. From the Dinka tribes in Sudan and the Himba in Namibia to gorillas and volcanoes in the lakes region to displaced peoples throughout the continent, Salgado shows us all facets of African life today. Whether he’s documenting refugees or vast landscapes, Salgado knows exactly how to grab the essence of a moment so that when one sees his images one is involuntarily drawn into them. His images artfully teach us the disastrous effects of war, poverty, disease, and hostile climatic conditions. |
| Imprint Name: | Taschen GmbH |
| Publisher Name: | Taschen GmbH |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-09-14 |
