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Sebastiao Salgado. Genesis

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Description for Sebastiao Salgado. Genesis Hardcover. In 1970, 26-year-old Sebastiao Salgado held a camera for the first time. In over 32 trips, he created a collection of images showing us nature, animals, and indigenous people. This book presents his images such as: ancient animal species and volcanoes of the Galapagos; Brazilian alligators and jaguars; and, African lions, leopards, and elephants. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 370 x 46. Weight in Grams: 3926.

Sebastião Salgado’s masterpiece Genesis is the result of an epic eight-year expedition to rediscover the mountains, deserts, and oceans, the animals and peoples that have so far escaped the imprint of modern society—the land and life of a still pristine planet. The Genesis project, along with the Salgados’ Instituto Terra, is dedicated to showing the beauty of our planet, reversing the damage done to it, and preserving it for the future.

On over 30 trips—by foot, light aircraft, boats, canoes, and even balloons, through extreme temperatures and in sometimes dangerous conditions—Salgado has created a collection of images ... Read more. The reach is truly global. Through Salgado’s lens, one discovers the animal species and volcanoes of the Galápagos; the penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of the South Atlantic; Brazilian alligators and jaguars; and African lions, leopards, and elephants. We travel over icebergs in the Antarctic, the volcanoes of Central Africa, the ravines of the Grand Canyon, and the glaciers of Alaska. We encounter the Stone Age Korowai people of West Papua, nomadic Dinka cattle farmers in Sudan, Nenets and their reindeer herds in the Arctic Circle, as well as the Mentawai jungle communities on islands west of Sumatra.

In characteristic monochrome, Salgado’s painterly notes are perfectly tuned to these sublime scenes, capturing sweeping aerial panoramas as much as the most intricate details and textures, from a reptilian skin to the fur coat of the Nenet people of northern Siberia. The exquisitely reproduced images are arranged not by theme but rather conceived as a journey around the globe, immersing them in Salgado’s vision of the Earth’s mesmerizing scale, order, and beauty.INSTITUTO TERRAFounded in 1998 at Aimorés in the state of Minas Gerais, Instituto Terra is the culmination of Lélia Wanick Salgado and Sebastião Salgado’s lifelong activism and work as cultural documentarians. Through a scientific program of planting and raising saplings, the organization has performed a miraculous reforestation of the once infertile region and furthered the Salgados’ mission of reversing the damage done to our planet. TASCHEN is proud to reach carbon zero status through our continued partnership.

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Product Details

Publisher
Benedikt Taschen Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836538725
SKU
V9783836538725
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-50

About Lélia Wanick Salgado
Lélia Wanick Salgado studied architecture and urban planning in Paris. Her interest in photography started in 1970. In the 1980s, she began to conceive and design the majority of Sebastião Salgado’s photography books and all of the exhibitions of his work.  Sebastião Salgado began his career as a professional photographer in Paris in 1973 and subsequently worked ... Read more

Reviews for Sebastiao Salgado. Genesis
“Salgado delivers another masterpiece.”
The Independent
“A true book for the ages.”
TIME
“GENESIS honors its biblical antecedent… there could be no more powerful reminder of all that we stand to lose.”
The New York Times
“GENESIS... a biblical title that suits the majesty of his subjects and offers the work as a beautifully ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Sebastiao Salgado. Genesis


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