{"product_id":"sebastiao-salgado-amazonia","title":"Sebastiao Salgado. Amazonia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eFor six years Sebastião Salgado traveled the Brazilian Amazon and photographed the unparalleled beauty of this extraordinary region: the rainforest, the rivers, the mountains, the people who live there—this irreplaceable treasure of humanity in which the immense power of nature is felt like nowhere else on earth. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSebastião Salgado traveled the \u003cstrong\u003eBrazilian Amazon\u003c\/strong\u003e and photographed the unparalleled beauty of this extraordinary region for six years: the forest, the rivers, the mountains, the people who live there—an \u003cstrong\u003eirreplaceable treasure of humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the book’s foreword Salgado writes: “For me, it is the last frontier, a mysterious universe of its own, where the \u003cstrong\u003eimmense power of nature \u003c\/strong\u003ecan be felt as nowhere else on earth. Here is a forest stretching to infinity that contains one-tenth of all living plant and animal species, the world’s largest single natural laboratory.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalgado visited a dozen indigenous tribes that exist in small communities scattered across the \u003cstrong\u003elargest tropical rainforest \u003c\/strong\u003ein the world. He documented the daily life of the Yanomami, the Asháninka, the Yawanawá, the Suruwahá, the Zo’é, the Kuikuro, the Waurá, the Kamayurá, the Korubo, the Marubo, the Awá, and the Macuxi—their \u003cstrong\u003ewarm family bonds\u003c\/strong\u003e, their hunting and fishing, the manner in which they prepare and share meals, their marvelous talent for painting their faces and bodies, the significance of their shamans, and their dances and rituals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSebastião Salgado has dedicated this book to the indigenous peoples of Brazil’s Amazon region: “My wish, with all my heart, with all my energy, with all the passion I possess, is that in 50 years’ time this book will not resemble a record of a lost world. \u003cstrong\u003eAmazônia\u003c\/strong\u003e must live on.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINSTITUTO TERRA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFounded in 1998 at Aimorés in the state of Minas Gerais, Instituto Terra is the culmination of Lélia Wanick Salgado and Sebastião Salgado’s lifelong activism and work as cultural documentarians. Through a scientific program of planting and raising saplings, the organization has performed a miraculous reforestation of the once infertile region and furthered the Salgados’ mission of reversing the damage done to our planet. TASCHEN is proud to reach carbon zero status through our continued partnership.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available in a Collector's Edition and four Art Editions, each with a signed silver gelatin print, all with a book stand designed by Renzo Piano.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 4262g \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 269 x 367 x 47 (mm) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9783836585101\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sebastiao Salgado","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44103570096378,"sku":"9783836585101","price":89.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/e34a705cedde1d31c75879bdec447a86.jpg?v=1633921041","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/sebastiao-salgado-amazonia","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}