Genesis

书名：Genesis
作者：SebastiaoSalgado/LéliaWanickSalgado
译者：
ISBN：9783836538725
出版社：Taschen
出版时间：2013-4-5
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：520
豆瓣评分： 9.7

书籍简介：

“In Genesis, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen.” —Sebastião Salgado On a very fortuitous day in 1970, 26-year-old Sebastião Salgado held a camera for the first time. When he looked through the viewfinder, he experienced a revelation: suddenly life made sense. From that day onward—though it took years of hard work before he had the experience to earn his living as a photographer—the camera became his tool for interacting with the world. 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. Raised on a farm in Brazil, Salgado possessed a deep love and respect for nature; he was also particularly sensitive to the ways in which human beings are affected by their often devastating socio-economic conditions. Of the myriad works Salgado has produced in his acclaimed career, three long-term projects stand out: Workers (1993), documenting the vanishing way of life of manual laborers across the world, Migrations (2000), a tribute to mass migration driven by hunger, natural disasters, environmental degradation and demographic pressure, and this new opus, Genesis, 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 society—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. “We must preserve what exists.” The Genesis project, along with the Salgados’ Instituto Terra, are dedicated to showing the beauty of our planet, reversing the damage done to it, and preserving it for the future. Over 30 trips—travelled 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 nature, animals, and indigenous peoples in breathtaking beauty. Mastering the monochrome with an extreme deftness to rival the virtuoso Ansel Adams, Salgado brings black-and-white photography to a new dimension; the tonal variations in his works, the contrasts of light and dark, recall the works of Old Masters such as Rembrandt and Georges de La Tour. What does one discover in Genesis? 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 time, energy, and passion to the making of this work, Salgado likens Genesis to “my love letter to the planet.” Whereas the limited Collector’s Edition is conceived like a large-format portfolio that meanders across the planet, this unlimited book presents a selection of photographs arranged in five chapters geographically: Planet South, Sanctuaries, Africa, Northern Spaces, Amazonia and Pantanal. Each in its own way, this book and the Collector’s edition—both edited and designed by Lélia Wanick Salgado—pay homage to Salgado’s triumphant and unparalleled Genesis project. The world premiere of Sebastião Salgado: Genesis will open at the Natural History Museum in London on April 11, 2013. The exhibition builds on the Museum’s reputation as the home of the planet’s best nature photography. For further information and to book tickets please go to www.nhm.ac.uk/salgado. Additionally, from May 14th, a special portfolio of plantinum prints from Genesis will be shown at Phillips Howick Place gallery in London. Worldwide venues for the Genesis exhibition: The Natural History Museum, London, UK – April 11 through September 8, 2013 The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada – May 2 through September 2, 2013 Ara Pacis Museum, Rome, Italy – May 15 through September 15, 2013 Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil – May 28 through August 25, 2013 Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland – September 21, 2013 through January 12, 2014 La Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP), Paris, France – September 25, 2013 through January 5, 2014 SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil – September 9 – November 2013

作者简介：

The photographers:

Sebastião Salgado 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 created Amazonas Images, an agency that handles exclusively his work. Salgado's photographic projects have been featured in many exhibitions as well as books, including Other Americas (1986), Sahel: l’homme en détresse (1986), Workers (1993), Terra (1997), Migrations (2000), and The Children (2000).

The editor and author:

Lélia Wanick Salgado studied Architecture and Urban Planning in Paris. Her interest in photography started in the early 1970s and she moved on to conceiving and designing photography books and organizing exhibitions, numerous of them on Sebastião Salgado. Since 1994 Lélia Wanick Salgado is director of the press agency Amazonas Images.

书友短评：

@ 玛丽 对自然摄影有很复杂的心情。不喜欢国家地理风审美，但对于自然摄影应该是什么样，目前没有特别清晰的想法，萨尔加多的这一本，算是回答的一种。土著照片的部分非常人类学研究视角，更心情复杂。保留一星，回头仔细想想是哪些地方不喜欢。（P.S. 这书太重太重太重了，好久好久没收过一只手拎不动的快递了） @ 太阳的倒影 有惊天地泣鬼神之感，看得人头皮发麻。 @ Alchemistress 给自己买的礼物，超越个体生命的壮丽质感 @ dhew 如果其他好书是五星的话，这本值得打十星 @ indigo 错过了影展。还是觉得直接看影展会更震撼。这本书里很多图都是跨页的 有点小遗憾。 @ Kent 照片要有AO @ 密涅瓦的猫头鹰 中学时转学收到的告别礼物。对我而言，那些回忆比书本身还要珍贵 @ 听我怒吼imp 风光类的摄影书大开本的才过瘾啊 @ 🤍 "In Genesis, I followed a romantic dream to find and share a pristine world that all too often is beyond our eyes and reach." Sebastião Salgado @ Phihead B2大开本超震撼

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