Sahel Highlights the larger meaning of what is happening to the author's subjects with an imagery that testifies to the fundamental dignity of all humanity while simultaneously protesting its violation by war, poverty, and other injustices. Full description
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Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. In 1984 Sebastio Salgado began what would be a fifteen-month project of photographing the drought-stricken Sahel region of Africa in the countries of Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, and Sudan, where approximately one million people died from extreme malnutrition and related causes. Working with the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, Salgado documented the enormous suffering and the great dignity of the refugees. This early work became a template for his future photographic projects about other afflicted people around the world. Since then, Salgado has again and again sought to give visual voice to those millions of human beings who, because of military conflict, poverty, famine, overpopulation, pestilence, environmental degradation, and other forms of catastrophe, teeter on the edge of survival. Beautifully produced, with thoughtful supporting narratives by Orville Schell, Fred Ritchin, and Eduardo Galeano, this first U.S. edition brings some of Salgado's earliest and most important work to an American audience for the first time. Twenty years after the photographs were taken, Sahel: The End of the Road is still painfully relevant.Born in Brazil in 1944, Sebastio Salgado studied economics in So Paulo and Paris and worked in Brazil and England. While traveling as an economist to Africa, he began photographing the people he encountered. Working entirely in a black-and-white format, Salgado highlights the larger meaning of what is happening to his subjects with an imagery that testifies to the fundamental dignity of all humanity while simultaneously protesting its violation by war, poverty, and other injustices. "The planet remains divided," Salgado explains. "The first world in a crisis of excess, the third world in a crisis of need." This disparity between the haves and the have-nots is the subtext of almost all of Salgado's work. N° de réf. du vendeur SONG0520241703
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Vendeur : Ann Becker, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good-. Volume 3; 11 X 0.7 X 11 inches; 152 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 1032491
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Vendeur : Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Etats-Unis
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Vendeur : The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Reasonable and presentable hardcover book in the full dust jacket. A stunning photography book. Some shelf wear to the covers. Tight binding. The text flows clearly from beginning to end. Enjoy this worthwhile hardcover edition. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 12764202373121
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Vendeur : Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, Etats-Unis
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Vendeur : Bristlecone Books RMABA, Ridgway, CO, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. VG oblong quarto hardcover in a VG dj. Gift inscription on ffep. No other names or markings. First edition with full number line. 135pp photos oversized f lands. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1657201116179
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Vendeur : Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : very good. Used. N° de réf. du vendeur GoodWizard0520241703
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