The British WIFE: Sebastiao Salgado “Genesis”

Sebastiao Salgado "Genesis"

Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis is the culmination of 8 years work exploring 32 countries. It is Salgado’s 3rd long-term photographic exploration of global issues, following his previously acclaimed collections, Workers and Migrations.

About 216 of Sebastião Salgado’s black-and-white documentary photographs are on show in Genesis. They capture some of the furthest and wildest corners of our world, portraying indigenous communities that continue to live in accordance with their ancestral traditions, and showing rare insights into their lands. During the 8 years in which Salgado travelled around the world to produce this collection of images, he often stayed with the people he photographed. Click “Continue Reading” for more information, photos and a video on the exhibition.

Salgado reflects: ‘Many of us live in cities, cut off completely from the planet. My wish was to experience living with people with real links to nature… For me to go back to nature was a huge pleasure. I wished to present the planet in my language, photography. And so came Genesis.’

The exhibition’s design follows the 5 themes in Genesis: Sanctuaries, Planet South, Africa, Northern Spaces, and Amazonia and Pantanal. Currently on at The Natural History Museum until September 8th, 2013. Visit www.nhm.ac.uk for ticketing and other information.

Sebastiao Salgado "Genesis"

2 comments ↓

#1 Di on 07.19.13 at 8:36 pm

This is going on my wish list! I love Sebastiao Salgado’s work ever since I was first introduced it in 1993 with his series on Workers. Thank you for this heads up’

#2 stephanie on 07.23.13 at 5:14 pm

: ) sounds great! i want to see!

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