Sebastiao Salgado: Migrations: Humanity in Transition ( signed )

Salgado, Sebastiao

ISBN 10: 0893818925 / ISBN 13: 9780893818920

Published by Aperture, New York, 2004

About this Item

1st. Edition 2004, Soft cover in illustrated wraps, 432 page book. Illustrated with black & white images by Salgado most are full page plates. This very scarce copy was signed by Sebastiao Salgado on the first title page . Condition : FINE with some edge rubs at the spline. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.

Seller Inventory # 111523-O

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sebastiao Salgado: Migrations: Humanity in Transition ( signed )
• Publisher: Aperture, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0893818925
• ISBN 13: 9780893818920
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed By Photographer
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Editions
  • Photography / Art / Monograph / Documentary

About this title

Synopsis

InMigrations, SebastiÑo Salgado turns his attention to the staggering phenomenon of mass migration. Photographs taken over seven years across more than thirty-five 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.