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Other Americas

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Photographs show the people of Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Guatemala, including weddings, funerals, and scenes of everyday life

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

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Sebastião Salgado

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Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior was a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist.
He traveled in over 120 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these have appeared in numerous press publications and books. Touring exhibitions of his work have been presented throughout the world.
Salgado was a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He was awarded the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in 1982, Foreign Honorary Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992; and the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in 1993. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at the Institut de France since April 2016.

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24 reviews
September 4, 2017
Libro magnifico da uno dei più grandi e celebrati fotografi contemporanei. Risultato di un lavoro di sette anni, tra il 1977 e il 1984, in America Latina, è il primo dei tanti capolavori di Salgado. Va in scena la cultura indiana e rurale di quelle terre, umanità ai margini che si ritrova a subire passivamente la transazione socio economica dei paesi in cui sta, in perenne sospensione tra estrema povertà e spiritualità, celebrando quella dignità umana con un’empatia che si ritroverà in tutte le sue opere che seguiranno. Le foto sono solo 48 perché fu questo il limite massimo finanziabile nel progetto originario, una sintesi che però rese estremamente solido e coerente il progetto. Questa è la recente pubblicazione di Contrasto e riporta i testi originali di Salgado, di Gonzalo Torrente Ballester e di Claude Nori.
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205 reviews
January 26, 2026
Chiaroscuro silhouettes and dry textures that shows something, that our languages may not be able to grasp. When salgado recovered for us the enchanted, mystical and ghost-ridden aspect of the daily of lives of the destitute, we are terrified by thier momentarily life which shares a sisterhood with death at the extreme conditions which many of us are poorly aware of.
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1,355 reviews39 followers
September 15, 2025
4 stars; been wading into the world of photography of late and eagerly brushing up on the classics; Salgado is a very recent discovery and I was struck by his style; the photo collection is freely available online at the internet archive, go check!
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483 reviews9 followers
July 31, 2021
god i love photography (and brazilian photography ?? i feel represented)
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316 reviews
June 29, 2023
Fotografias impecáveis da gente latino-americana. A morte e a pobreza transbordam nesses registros magistralmente selecionados.
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4,308 reviews18 followers
March 31, 2025
Taas upeaa historiaa ja ihmiskuvausta, kuten Salgadolta aina. Tällä kertaa lähes kokonaan ilman kontekstia, mikä kutittelee mielikuvitusta.
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475 reviews8 followers
February 8, 2026
Me parece que cumple perfectamente su cometido de captar esa parte de la esencia latinoamericana. Una joya y como siempre Salgado no decepciona. Breve pero bueno
Profile Image for Carlos Hugo Winckler Godinho.
204 reviews7 followers
March 16, 2014
Li ele fora da ordem cronológica de publicação, e mesmo depois do "Trabalhadores" ele tem uma densidade fantástica. Não é incrível como a pobreza possa ser tão bonita?
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