Sebastiao Salgado: An Uncertain Grace

Salgado, Sebastiao; Eduardo Galeano; Fred Ritchin

ISBN 10: 0893814210 / ISBN 13: 9780893814212

Published by Aperture, New York, 1990

About this Item

SIGNED. First edition, 1990, first printing. Fine cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine dust jacket with a hint of shelf wear. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A monograph on the social documentary work of Sebastiao Salgado, published on the occasion of a major traveling exhibition organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, October 4 - December 2, 1990. Photographs by Sebastiao Salgado; essays by Eduardo Galeano and Fred Ritchin. SIGNED BY SALGADO on the title page; no inscription. 158 pages; 104 full-page and full-spread duo-toned b&w plates + 5 text illustrations; 11.25 x 13.25 inches. Chronological biography, bibliography, exhibition history. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sebastiao Salgado: An Uncertain Grace
• Publisher: Aperture, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0893814210
• ISBN 13: 9780893814212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
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About this title

Synopsis

An Uncertain Grace represents Salgado's journey through poor villages in the Andes, shanty communities of miners in the Brazilian jungle, and refugee camps in famine-stricken Ethiopia, Chad and Mali. This book is one of the most important visual records of life in the twentieth century. Sebastião Salgado has been awarded virtually every major photographic prize in France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Sweden and the United States. A former member of Magnum Photos and recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, he has twice been named Photographer of the Year by the International Center of Photography.

About the Author

Born in Brazil in 1944, Sebastião Salgado began his career as an economist before shifting to photography in 1973. Sebastião Salgado has covered major news events around the world - the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, wars in Angola and the Spanish Sahara, the taking of Israeli hostages in Entebbe, while also pursuing more personal and in-depth documentary projects. For seven years he roamed Latin America, walking for days to remote mountain villages; the result of this journey was Autres Ameriques (Other Americas), which received the Kodak/City of Paris award.