{"product_id":"sebastiao-salgado-amazonia-1","title":"Sebastião Salgado. Amazônia","description":"\u003cp\u003eSebasti?o Salgado traveled the \u003cstrong\u003eBrazilian Amazon\u003c\/strong\u003e and photographed the unparalleled beauty of this extraordinary region for six years: the forest, the rivers, the mountains, the people who live there--an \u003cstrong\u003eirreplaceable treasure of humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the book's foreword Salgado writes: \"For me, it is the last frontier, a mysterious universe of its own, where the \u003cstrong\u003eimmense power of nature \u003c\/strong\u003ecan be felt as nowhere else on earth. Here is a forest stretching to infinity that contains one-tenth of all living plant and animal species, the world's largest single natural laboratory.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Salgado visited a dozen indigenous tribes that exist in small communities scattered across the \u003cstrong\u003elargest tropical rainforest \u003c\/strong\u003ein the world. He documented the daily life of the Yanomami, the Ash?ninka, the Yawanaw?, the Suruwah?, the Zo'?, the Kuikuro, the Waur?, the Kamayur?, the Korubo, the Marubo, the Aw?, and the Macuxi--their \u003cstrong\u003ewarm family bonds\u003c\/strong\u003e, their hunting and fishing, the manner in which they prepare and share meals, their marvelous talent for painting their faces and bodies, the significance of their shamans, and their dances and rituals.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sebasti?o Salgado has dedicated this book to the indigenous peoples of Brazil's Amazon region: \"My wish, with all my heart, with all my energy, with all the passion I possess, is that in 50 years' time this book will not resemble a record of a lost world. \u003cstrong\u003eAmaz?nia\u003c\/strong\u003e must live on.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eINSTITUTO TERRA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Founded in 1998 at Aimor?s in the state of Minas Gerais, Instituto Terra is the culmination of L?lia Wanick Salgado and Sebasti?o 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAlso available in a Collector's Edition and four Art Editions, each with a signed silver gelatin print, all with a book stand designed by Renzo Piano.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalgado, Sebastião:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - 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), Workers (1993), Terra (1997), Migrations (2000), The Children (2000), Africa (2007), Genesis (2013), The Scent of a Dream (2015), Kuwait. A Desert on Fire (2016), and Gold (2019).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalgado, Lélia Wanick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - 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. Since 1994, Lélia Wanick Salgado has been the director of Amazonas Images (until 2017) and their Paris studio.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614258499858,"sku":"9783836585101","price":164.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7b267ce0-52ea-496d-b44e-ed3bb465542c.jpg?v=1732436356","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sebastiao-salgado-amazonia-1","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}