Sebastião Salgado: Migrations: Humanity in Transition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0893818917 ISBN 13: 9780893818913

Publisher: Aperture, 2000

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 this title

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.

Review:

"Salgado's . . . photographs do not call for action so much as for a change in consciousness." --The New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Aperture
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0893818917
• ISBN 13: 9780893818913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432