Africa
by Sebastião Salgado
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Huge and heavy. I'm surprised my library has it. Not a lot of words; the images speak for themselves. One can flip through it in less than an hour, or one can spend months with it absorbing each image as a work unto itself.
What I learned is that there are volcanoes in the DRC. Not only that, but they're active. Africa is still the dark continent and many of us in the rest of the world know far too little about it.
But most of the photos are of refugees and victims of starvation. View only if you've a stronger stomach than I. It's one thing to know this stuff from the news, another to see bits of it through the lens of a witness.
What I learned is that there are volcanoes in the DRC. Not only that, but they're active. Africa is still the dark continent and many of us in the rest of the world know far too little about it.
But most of the photos are of refugees and victims of starvation. View only if you've a stronger stomach than I. It's one thing to know this stuff from the news, another to see bits of it through the lens of a witness.
"Africa" is een groot formaat boek met prachtige afdrukken van zwart-witfoto's die de Braziliaanse fotograaf Sebastiao Salgado in Afrika heeft gemaakt. Het boek bevat veel prachtige foto's van landschappen, dieren en vooral portretten, van mensen alleen of van mensen in groepen. Een erg mooi fotoboek!
Jul 24, 2012Dutch
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- 2007
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