Sebastião Salgado - Kei, Southern Sudan, 2006

Sebastião Salgado. Kei, Southern Sudan, 2006.

Iconic photograph by Sebastião Salgado chosen as the cover of the book Africa published by Taschen. The book brings together Sebastião Salgado's devastating black and white photographs of Africa, brought together in an extraordinary collection resulting from 30 years of work. These images tell the story of a continent ravaged by catastrophes but immensely rich in history and culture.

'Copyright 2014 Sebastião Salgado / Amazonas images' on the back of the image.
Total dimensions: 33 x 25,4 cm on semi-gloss paper.
Fine condition (with small imperfections).

Sebastião Salgado’s haunting black-and-white photographs from the Genesis Project document landscapes and people unchanged by the devastating onslaughts of modern society and development. Taken over the course of an epic eight-year expedition, the images are presented in six major geographical chapters: Southern zone of the planet, Sanctuaries, Africa, Northern area of ​​the planet, Amazonia and Great Pantanal.

One of the most influential photographers of the 20th century along with other photographers of his time such as: Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward Weston, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Walter Evans, Philippe Halsman, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Robert Doisneau, Herb Ritts, Josef Sudek, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, Steve McCurry, among many others.