{"product_id":"sebastiao-salgado-genesis-45th-ed","title":"Sebastiao Salgado Genesis 45th Ed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA photographic homage to our planet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGENESIS\u003ci\u003e, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e—Sebastião Salgado\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a very fortuitous day in 1970, 26-year-old\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSebastião Salgado\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eheld a camera for the first time. When he looked through the viewfinder, he experienced a revelation:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003esuddenly life made sense\u003c\/b\u003e. From that day onward—though it took years of hard work before he had the experience to earn his living as a photographer—the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ecamera became his tool for interacting with the world\u003c\/b\u003e. Salgado, who “always preferred the chiaroscuro palette of black-and-white images,” shot very little color in his early career before giving it up completely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaised on a farm in Brazil, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalgado possessed a deep love and respect for nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; he was also particularly sensitive to the ways in which human beings are affected by their often devastating \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003esocio-economic conditions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Of the myriad works Salgado has produced in his acclaimed career, three long-term projects stand out: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorkers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1993)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, documenting the vanishing way of life of manual laborers across the world; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMigrations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2000)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a tribute to mass migration driven by hunger, natural disasters, environmental degradation and demographic pressure; and this opus, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGENESIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the result of an epic eight-year \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eexpedition to rediscover the mountains, deserts and oceans, the animals and peoples that have so far escaped the imprint of modern society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the land and life of a still-pristine planet. “Some 46% of the planet is still as it was in the time of genesis,” Salgado reminds us. “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe must preserve what exists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGENESIS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e project, along with the Salgados’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eInstituto Terra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, are dedicated to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eshowing the beauty of our planet, reversing the damage done to it, and preserving it for the future\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver 30 trips—traveled by foot, light aircraft, seagoing vessels, canoes, and even balloons, through extreme heat and cold and in sometimes dangerous conditions—Salgado created a collection of images showing us \u003cb\u003enature, animals, and indigenous peoples in breathtaking beauty\u003c\/b\u003e. What does one discover in \u003ci\u003eGENESIS\u003c\/i\u003e? The animal species and volcanoes of the Galápagos; penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of the Antarctic and South Atlantic; Brazilian alligators and jaguars; African lions, leopards, and elephants; the isolated Zo’é tribe deep in the Amazon jungle; the Stone Age Korowai people of West Papua; nomadic Dinka cattle farmers in Sudan; Nenet nomads and their reindeer herds in the Arctic Circle; Mentawai jungle communities on islands west of Sumatra; the icebergs of the Antarctic; the volcanoes of Central Africa and the Kamchatka Peninsula; Saharan deserts; the Negro and Juruá rivers in the Amazon; the ravines of the Grand Canyon; the glaciers of Alaska... and beyond. Having dedicated so much \u003cb\u003etime, energy, and passion \u003c\/b\u003eto the making of this work, \u003cb\u003eSalgado calls GENESIS “my love letter to the planet.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardcover, \u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e15.6 x 21.7 cm, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e1.31 kg, \u003c\/span\u003e512 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53190022365397,"sku":"9783754403358","price":895.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/7262\/3317\/files\/5b2f2c78185b9d07be96eb94bc87641a.png?v=1770808471","url":"https:\/\/stellenboschbooks.co.za\/products\/sebastiao-salgado-genesis-45th-ed","provider":"Stellenbosch Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}