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First edition and first printing. Large hardcover. 520 pages. Edited, concept and design by Lelia Wanick Salgado. Subtitled "A Photographic Homage To Our Planet in It's Natural State" this is a massive collection of black and white photographs by Salgado that includes 17 gatefolds as well. Also includes a laid in captions booklet. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Salgado on a publisher bookplate affixed to the half title page. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Seller Inventory # 197937
“In GENESIS, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen.” —Sebastião SalgadoOn 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—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 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 calls GENESIS “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.
About the Authors:
Lélia Wanick Salgado studied architecture and urban planning in Paris. Her interest in photography started in 1970. In the 1980s, she began to conceive and design the majority of Sebastião Salgado’s photography books and all of the exhibitions of his work.
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 Wanick Salgado created Amazonas Images, which is today their studio, and exclusively handles his work. Salgado’s photographic projects have been featured in many exhibitions as well as books, including Sahel. L’Homme en détresse (1986), Other Americas (1986), Terra (1997), Migrations (2000), The Children (2000), Africa (2007), Genesis (2013), The Scent of a Dream (2015), Kuwait. A Desert on Fire (2016), Gold (2019) and Amazônia (2021).
Title: Genesis (Signed First Edition)
Publisher: Taschen, Koln, Germany
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Prime Booksellers, Agoura Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small stain to bottom of dust jacket spine. Seller Inventory # 000451
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Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. DAMAGED. RUBBING AND SCUFFING TO CORNERS AND EDGES. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY. PAGES ARE CLEAN AND UNMARKED.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Seller Inventory # 142405100009
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Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
36.0 x 25.0cms 520pp b/w illusts very good+ hardback & dustwrapper with 36pp stapled booklet with the captions in English. This is a heavy book so expect extra freight costs Salgado took 32 trips to create these images of 'nature animals and indigenous peoples in breathtaking resplendence instilling a glstening textured fabricso intricate in its weave that even the most finite details seem to extend to infinity'. Seller Inventory # 30062405
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Seller: Unique Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. s-103 exshos. Corners bumped. Seller Inventory # b-392-01
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Seller: Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks. Seller Inventory # Scanned3836538725
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Seller: Vuestros Libros, Oviedo, ASTUR, Spain
Condition: Nuevo. After Workers (1993) and Migrations (2000), Genesis is Sebastião Salgado?s third long-term project, featuring a monumental portfolio of nature, animals, and indigenous peoples that reveal the earth in all the precious splendor of its pristine state. In characteristic monochrome, this XL-sized collection is truly breathtaking, replete with stunning panoramas as much as the most intricate textures and details of our natural world.Salgado's love letter to the planetThe companion volume to the world?s best attended photo showSebastião Salgado?s masterpiece Genesis is 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. The Genesis project, along with the Salgados? Instituto Terra, is dedicated to showing the beauty of our planet, reversing the damage done to it, and preserving it for the future.On over 30 trips?by foot, light aircraft, boats, canoes, and even balloons, through extreme temperatures and in sometimes dangerous conditions?Salgado has created a collection of images showing us nature, animals, and indigenous peoples in such intense beauty it takes our breath away. The reach is truly global. Through Salgado?s lens, one discovers the animal species and volcanoes of the Galápagos; the penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of the South Atlantic; Brazilian alligators and jaguars; and African lions, leopards, and elephants. We travel over icebergs in the Antarctic, the volcanoes of Central Africa, the ravines of the Grand Canyon, and the glaciers of Alaska. We encounter the Stone Age Korowai people of West Papua, nomadic Dinka cattle farmers in Sudan, Nenets and their reindeer herds in the Arctic Circle, as well as the Mentawai jungle communities on islands west of Sumatra.In characteristic monochrome, Salgado?s painterly notes are perfectly tuned to these sublime scenes, capturing sweeping aerial panoramas as much as the most intricate details and textures, from a reptilian skin to the fur coat of the Nenet people of northern Siberia. The exquisitely reproduced images are arranged not by theme but rather conceived as a journey around the globe, immersing them in Salgado?s vision of the Earth?s mesmerizing scale, order, and beauty.INSTITUTO TERRAFounded in 1998 at Aimorés in the state of Minas Gerais, Instituto Terra is the culmination of Lélia Wanick Salgado and Sebastião Salgado?s lifelong activism and work as cultural documentarians. Through a scientific program of planting and raising saplings, the organization has performed a miraculous reforestation of the once infertile region and furthered the Salgados? mission of reversing the damage done to our planet. TASCHEN is proud to reach carbon zero status through our continued partnership. Seller Inventory # 073348
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Seller: libreriauniversitaria.it, Occhiobello, RO, Italy
Condition: NEW. Seller Inventory # 9783836538725
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Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Folio. Published by TASCHEN, Cologne, Germany. 2013. 317 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 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. E-293; 14.3 X 9.8 X 1.9 inches; 520 pages. Seller Inventory # 63166
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Seller: Christopher Morrow, Bookseller, Port St. Lucie, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. First Printing. 517pp. Folio. Paper over boards, stamped spine and cover. Photographic cover. Editing, concept and design by Lelia Wanick Salgado, Foreward by Sebastião Salgado. Sections of black and white photographs on Planet South, Sanctuaries, Africa, Northern Spaces, Amazonia & Pantanal. A caption booklet is laid in. Gorgeous black and white photos would make a great gift. Very heavy book, extra postage required. Seller Inventory # 0002333
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Seller: Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: USED Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. Seller Inventory # 539899
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