Sebastiao Salgado by Llia Salgado

Sebastiao Salgado by Llia Salgado

In 1970, 26-year-old Sebastiao Salgado held a camera for the first time. In over 32 trips, he created a collection of images showing us nature, animals, and indigenous people. This book presents his images such as: ancient animal species and volcanoes of the Galapagos; Brazilian alligators and jaguars; and, African lions, leopards, and elephants.

“Salgado delivers another masterpiece” * The Independent *
“A true book for the ages.” * TIME *
“GENESIS honors its biblical antecedent… there could be no more powerful reminder of all that we stand to lose.” * The New York Times *
“GENESIS... a biblical title that suits the majesty of his subjects and offers the work as a beautifully articulated prayer for preservation and respect.” * The Los Angeles Times *
“...a tribute to the diversity of planet earth.” * The Wall Street Journal *
“GENESIS will further cement Salgado’s reputation as one if the most significant photographers of his age.” * The Daily Telegraph *

Lélia Wanick Salgado studied architecture and urban planning in Paris. Her interest in photography started in 1970. In the 1980s, she began to conceive and design the majority of Sebastião Salgado’s photography books and all of the exhibitions of his work.  Sebastião Salgado (1944–2025) began his career as a professional photographer in Paris in 1973 and subsequently worked with the photo agencies Sygma, Gamma, and Magnum Photos. In 1994, he and his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado created Amazonas Images which exclusively handles his work. Salgado’s photographic projects have been featured in many exhibitions as well as books, including Sahel. L’Homme en détresse (1986), Other Americas (1986), Terra (1997), Migrations (2000), The Children (2000), Africa (2007), Genesis (2013), The Scent of a Dream (2015), Kuwait. A Desert on Fire (2016), Gold (2019) and Amazônia (2021).

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9783836538725
ISBN 10	3836538725
Title	Sebastiao Salgado
Author	Llia Salgado
Series	Photography Book Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Taschen GmbH
Year published	2013-03-31
Number of pages	520
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.