Sebastião Salgado: Children
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (912 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3836561360 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 124 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-03 |
| Language | : | English, French, German |
DESCRIPTION:
"Salgado's photographs do not call for action so much as for a change in consciousness." --The New York Times
Face to face with his camera, each child would become much more serious. Beautiful, proud, pensive, and sad, they stand still before the camera for a moment in their lives, but ask questions that haunt for years to come. Will they remain in exile? Will they always know an enemy? Will they grow up to forgive or seek revenge? Will they grow up at all?Text in English, French, and German. His subjects are from different countries, victims to different crises, but they are all on the move, and all under the age of 15. They would look at him not as part of a noisy crowd, but as an individual. Innocence on the run: Sebastião Salgado’s focus series on child migrants and refugeesIn every crisis situation, children are the greatest victims. Physically weak, they are often the first to succumb to hunger, disease, and dehydration. Their poses would become earnest. Innocent to the workings and failings of the world, they are unable to understand why there is danger, why there are people who want to hurt them, or why they must leave, perhaps quite suddenly, an
A must have in your library if you like black and white photography While being, as always, full of exceptional photographs, this Salgaod's book is a little different from the others. Indeed it contains a series of children portraits, quite classical in their composition. Yet a intense emotrion emerges from the book !A must have in your li. Amazon Customer said Beautiful. Great book , beautiful photos . A must have for those who love photography!. "beatiful" according to kikis. like any Salgado's books these photos are beatiful