MIGRATIONS; HUMANITY IN TRANSITION.

SEBASTIAO SALGADO, CONCEPT AND DESIGN BY LELIA WANICK SALGADO

ISBN 10: 0893818917 / ISBN 13: 9780893818913

Published by Aperture, 2000

About this Item

A Large, heavy, hardback book, bound in a charcoal grey cloth, with black title impressions on the spine. Comes with beautiful, clean, lovely dust jacket. Looks like the book has hardly been used or read, its in first rate condition. Normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. 431 pages, all intact, nice tight binding, all pages, text and stunning illustrations are in excellent, clean, readable order. In addition there is a 31 page index booklet which is nicely positioned on the inside back board, within a plastic covered corner slip. Internationally renowned photographer Sebastiao Salgado, whose previous book "Workers" changed forever the image of manual labour around the world, has now turned his attention to the staggering phenomenon of mass migration. In photographs taken over seven years and across more than thirty-five countries, "MIGRATIONS" documents the epic displacement of the world's people at the close of the twentieth century. "MIGRATIONS" documents the world-altering phenomenon of mass migration. Salgado's images collectively serve as a metaphor for the hundreds of million people who, in an elemental struggle for survival, have ruptured their ties with land and tradition in a flight toward other destinies. With his unique vision and empathy, Salgado gives us a clearer picture of the enormous social and political transformations now occurring in a world divided between excess and need. There are an estimated 100 million migrants in the world today. This extraordinary level of demographic change is unparalleled in human history and presents profound challenges to the most basic notions of nation, culture, community, and citizenship. "MIGRATIONS" follows Latin Americans entering the United States, Jews leaving the former Soviet Union, Africans travelling into Europe, Kosovars fleeing into Albania, and many other displaced and migrant populations. A totally mind-blowing book, that captures unique and harrowing moments in life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MIGRATIONS; HUMANITY IN TRANSITION.
• Publisher: Aperture
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0893818917
• ISBN 13: 9780893818913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

In Migrations, Sebastião Salgado turns his attention to the staggering phenomenon of mass migration. Photographs taken over seven years across more than 35 countries document the epic displacement of the world's people at the close of the twentieth century. Wars, natural disasters, environmental degradation, explosive population growth and the widening gap between rich and poor have resulted in over one hundred million international migrants, a number that has doubled in a decade. This demographic change, unparalleled in human history, presents profound challenges to the notions of nation, community, and citizenship. The first extensive pictorial survey of the current global flux of humanity, Migrations follows Latin Americans entering the United States, Jews leaving the former Soviet Union, Africans traveling into Europe, Kosovars fleeing into Albania and many others. The images address suffering while revealing the dignity and courage of the subjects. With his unique vision and empathy, Salgado gives us a picture of the enormous social and political transformations now occurring in a world divided between excess and need.

About the Author

A world-renowned exemplar of the tradition of "concerned photography," Sebastião Salgado has been awarded virtually every major photographic prize in France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. A recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, he was twice named Photographer of the Year by the International Center of Photography.