Sebastião Salgado - Valdés Peninsula, Argentina, 2004

Sebastião Salgado. Valdés Peninsula, Argentina, 2004.

Iconic photograph by Sebastião Salgado of a whale's tail emerging from the water near the Valdés Peninsula in Argentina.

'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.