Gold

by Sebastião Salgado

Después de que en 1979 se encontrara oro en uno de los arroyos que la recorren, Serra Pelada evocó el mito de El Dorado como la mina de oro a cielo abierto más grande del mundo, empleando a cerca de 50.000 trabajadores en condiciones infrahumanas. Hoy, aquella salvaje fiebre del oro de Brasil no es más que una leyenda que se mantiene viva gracias a algunos recuerdos felices, a muchos lamentos dolorosos…y a las fotografías de Sebastião Salgado.

Genres: Photography

208 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Erik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Photo journalism about gold fever and illusions of the bottom tier to get rich quick. Captures the daily drama of lives

[Tibor Jánosi-Mózes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the most elementary cord documents I have ever seen. The devastation of nature, the misery and suffering cannot be described, it can only be captured in such an authentic way.