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Creators: Taschen (Edited by)
Publisher: TASCHEN
ISBN: 9783836538725
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 520 pages
On Sale Date: 3/31/2013
Dimensions: 14.4 in H | 9.9 in W | 2 in T | 8.6 lb Wt
After Workers (1993) and Migrations (2000), Genesis is Sebastio Salgados third long-term project, featuring a monumental portfolio of nature, animals, and indigenous peoples that reveal the earth in all the precious splendor of its pristine state. In characteristic monochrome, this XL-sized collection is truly breathtaking, replete with stunning panoramas as much as the most intricate textures and details of our natural world.
Sebastio Salgados masterpiece Genesis is the result of an epic eight-year expedition to rediscover the mountains, deserts, and oceans, the animals and peoples that have so far escaped the imprint of modern societythe land and life of a still pristine planet. The Genesis project, along with the Salgados Instituto Terra, is dedicated to showing the beauty of our planet, reversing the damage done to it, and preserving it for the future.
On over 30 tripsby foot, light aircraft, boats, canoes, and even balloons, through extreme temperatures and in sometimes dangerous conditionsSalgado has created a collection of images showing us nature, animals, and indigenous peoples in such intense beauty it takes our breath away. The reach is truly global. Through Salgados lens, one discovers the animal species and volcanoes of the Galpagos; the penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of the South Atlantic; Brazilian alligators and jaguars; and African lions, leopards, and elephants. We travel over icebergs in the Antarctic, the volcanoes of Central Africa, the ravines of the Grand Canyon, and the glaciers of Alaska. We encounter the Stone Age Korowai people of West Papua, nomadic Dinka cattle farmers in Sudan, Nenets and their reindeer herds in the Arctic Circle, as well as the Mentawai jungle communities on islands west of Sumatra.
In characteristic monochrome, Salgados painterly notes are perfectly tuned to these sublime scenes, capturing sweeping aerial panoramas as much as the most intricate details and textures, from a reptilian skin to the fur coat of the Nenet people of northern Siberia. The exquisitely reproduced images are arranged not by theme but rather conceived as a journey around the globe, immersing them in Salgados vision of the Earths mesmerizing scale, order, and beauty.INSTITUTO TERRAFounded in 1998 at Aimors in the state of Minas Gerais, Instituto Terra is the culmination of Llia Wanick Salgado and Sebastio Salgados lifelong activism and work as cultural documentarians. Through a scientific program of planting and raising saplings, the organization has performed a miraculous reforestation of the once infertile region and furthered the Salgados mission of reversing the damage done to our planet. TASCHEN is proud to reach carbon zero status through our continued partnership.
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