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Sebastiao Salgado Africa

Name: Sebastiao Salgado Africa
Author: Lelia/Mia Couto Salgado
ISBN: 9783822856215

by Lelia/Mia Couto Salgado

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Overview

Eye on Africa: Thirty years of Africa images, selected by Salgado himself
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.

About the Author, Lelia/Mia Couto Salgado

Sebastiao Salgado has been awarded more than fifty international prizes from countries including France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Japan, and the United States. He has twice been named Photojournalist of the Year by the International Center of Photography in New York. He is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States. Major exhibitions of his work include "Sahel: L'Homme en detresse "(1986), "Other Americas" (1986), "An Uncertain Grace" (1990), "Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age" (1993), "Migrations: Humanity in Transition" (2000), and "The Children: Refugees and Migrants" (2000). Orville Schell is Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Fred Ritchin is Director of PixelPress (www.pixelpress.org), Associate Professor of Photography and Imaging at New York University, and former Picture Editor for the "New York Times Magazine." Eduardo Galeano's books have been translated into more than twenty languages. He is the winner of the Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom. Lelia Wanick Salgado conceived, created, and edited almost all of Sebastiao Salgado's books, as well as most of his exhibitions. She is the Director of Amazonas Images.

Salgado conceived, created, and edited almost all of Sebastiao Salgado's books, as well as most of his exhibitions. She is the Director of Amazonas Images.

Couto works as an agronomist.