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Sebastião Salgado. Africa

Name: Sebastião Salgado. Africa
Brand: Taschen
SKU: 9783822856215
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Contributors:

Mia Couto, LÃ©lia Wanick Salgado (Editor), SebastiÃ£o Salgado (Photographer)

Publisher:

Taschen

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Photography, Travel

Book Subcategory:

Subjects & Themes, Individual Photographers, Pictorials (see also Photography

Book Topic:

Regional (see also Travel, Subjects & Themes

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Release Date:

2007-09-14

ISBN 13:

9783822856215

Weight:

7.16 lbs

Size:

10.16 x 14.46 x 1.47 inches

Pages:

336

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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.

This book brings together Salgado's photos of Africa in three parts. The first concentrates on the southern part of the continent (Mozambique, Malawi, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia), the second on the Great Lakes region (Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya), and the third on the Sub-Saharan region (Burkina Faso, Mali, Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Mauritania, Senegal, Ethiopia). Texts are provided by renowned Mozambique novelist Mia Couto, who describes how today's Africa reflects the effects of colonization as well as the consequences of economic, social, and environmental crises.

This stunning book is not only a sweeping document of Africa but an homage to the continent's history, people, and natural phenomena.

About the Author
The photographer:
Sebastiao Salgado began his career as a professional photographer in Paris in 1973 and subsequently worked with the photo agencies Sygma, Gamma and Magnum Photos. In 1994 he and his wife Lelia created Amazonas images, which exclusively handles his work. Salgado's photographic projects have been featured in many exhibitions as well as books, including Other Americas (1986), Sahel, L'Homme en detresse (1986), Workers (1993), Terra (1997), Migrations (2000), The Children (2000) and Africa (2007).
The author:
Translated in more than 20 languages, Mia Couto is Mozambique's most celebrated author. His first novel, Sleepwalking Land, was chosen by an international jury as one of twelve best African books published in the 20th century. He lives in Maputo, Mozambique and works as an ecologist.
The editor:
Lelia Wanick Salgado studied architecture and urban planning in Paris. Her interest in photography started in 1970. In the 1980s she moved on to conceiving and designing photography books and organizing exhibitions, numerous of them on Sebastiao Salgado. Since 1994 Lelia Wanick Salgado has been the director of Amazonas images.

Sebastião Salgado. Africa

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