Sebastião Salgado: Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 089381525X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Salgado unveils the pain, the beauty, and the brutality of the world of work on which everything rests," wrote Arthur Miller of this photobook classic, upon its original publication in 1993. More than those of any other living photographer, Sebastião Salgado's images of the world's poor stand in tribute to the human condition. "Workers" is a global epic that transcends mere imagery to become an affirmation of the enduring spirit of working women and men. The book is an archaeological exploration of the activities that have defined labor from the Stone Age through the Industrial Age, to the present. "This is a collection of deep devotion and impressive skill." An elegy for the passing of traditional methods of labor and production, "Workers" delivers a message of endurance and hope.. His transforming photographs bestow dignity on the most isolated and neglected, from famine-stricken refugees in the Sahel to the indigenous peoples of South America. Divided into six categories--"Agriculture," "Food," "Mining," "Industry," "Oil" and "Construction"--the book unearths layers of visual information to reveal the ceaseless human activity at the core of modern civilization. Extended captions provide a historical and factual framework for the i
In the lyrical accompanying essay, Salgado ( An Uncertain Grace ) laments Japan's industrial fishing which decimates fish stocks, France's agricultural policies and the global exploitation of manual laborers who do the bulk of the world's work. . Never preachy or didactic, these 350 duotone images of tea pickers in Rwanda, dam builders in India, steelworkers in France and Ukraine, sugarcane harvesters in Brazil, assembly-line workers in Russia and China, sulfur miners in Indonesia and others, pay tribute to working people who preserve
Salgado books are amazing. The only problem one has is allocating enough Salgado books are amazing. The only problem one has is allocating enough time to really savor a book of this scope and really understanding how he did it. Bravo!. pixelgnome said Stunning, haunting, and elegant. I was a photography student at UCSD when the traveling exhibition reached La Jolla, in 1996/1997. The book itself was released in 199Stunning, haunting, and elegant I was a photography student at UCSD when the traveling exhibition reached La Jolla, in 1996/1997. The book itself was released in 1993. I went to the Geisel library and checked out a copy. The photographs of the Serra Pelada mine hit me hard. The composition, subject matter, film type were al. . I went to the Geisel library and checked out a copy. The photographs of the Serra Pelada mine hit me hard. The composition, subject matter, film type were al. Disappointing The photography of Sebastiao Salgado certainly isn't disappointing, but this Aperture book is. It's nicely manufactured and would be a pleasure to browse if not for one feature that ruins it, at least for me. Horizontal images are presented as a double-page spread -- in other words, you have