Manaus Agile tourism and culture of AmazonasThe works are available in the space until August 26 and admission is free.
The exhibition "Landless Movementwhich brings together photographs by award-winning photographer Sebastião Salgado Sebastião Salgado about the 15 years of the movement's history, will be available for visits at the Palácio Rio Negro Cultural Centerstarting this Saturday, 30/6. The show debuted in September last year in the Collective Arts Room, folder space in Sumaúma Park Shopping.
In all, the exhibition brings together 15 photographs by Sebastião Salgado, belonging to the collection of the State Pinacoteca. The selection gathers part of the collection produced by the Minas Gerais photographer mainly between the 1980s and 1990s, when Salgado followed the rural workers' struggle.
The curator of the exhibition is Bulgarian photographer Roumen Koynov. According to him, the images gathered in "Landless Movement" are an example of Sebastião Salgado's talent in capturing textures, compositions and unique contents in B&W photos.
The works record the daily lives of families of rural workers, including children, adults, and the elderly. The work, which Salgado began upon his return to Brazil after exile during the military regime, reveals "the unquestionable talent of one of today's greatest photographers," the curator highlights.
Trajectory
Born in 1944, in Aimorés (MG), Sebastião Salgado is awarded and recognized worldwide for his unique style of portraying the human condition in different parts of the world. He has been living in Paris since the late 1960s. With a degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo (1968) and a PhD from the Université de Paris (1971), he discovered his passion for photography in the early 1970s during a work trip to Africa.
Among the awards Salgado has received are the World Press (Netherlands, 1985), Oscar Barnack (Germany, 1985 and 1992), Erna and Victor Hasselblad (Sweden, 1989), and Photojournalism from the International Center of Photography (USA, 1990). He has also received several other honors, including special representative of UNICEF and honorary member of the United States Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Salgado has traveled to more than one hundred countries for photographic projects that, besides numerous publications in the press, have been presented in book form. One can cite "Workers" (1996), "Earth" (1997), "Serra Pelada" (1999), "Other Americas" (1999), "Portraits of Children of the Exodus" (2000), "Exodus" (2000), "The End of Polio" (2003), "An Uncertain State of Grace" (2004), "The Cradle of Inequality" (2005), "Africa" (2007), and "Genesis" (2013).
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Exhibition "Landless Movement", by Sebastião Salgado
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Date/Time: From June 30, Monday through Saturday, from 1pm to 5pm, and Sundays, from 11am to 3pm
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Place: Palácio Rio Negro Cultural Center (Av. Sete de Setembro, 1546 - Centro)
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Admission:Free of charge
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