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| Photographer: Sebastião Salgado |
The photographer
Sebastiao Salgado's exhibition is called Genesis. Most of the pictures in the
exhibition are black and white landscape photographs. The photographs portray
nature as it should be or was before us as humans came in and took it over. He
said this about his photographs; “So many times I've photographed stories that
show the degradation of the planet. I had one idea to go and photograph the
factories that were polluting, and to see all the deposits of garbage. But, in
the end, I thought the only way to give us an incentive, to bring hope, is to
show the pictures of the pristine planet - to see the innocence." When people see his photographs he hopes to
motivate people to help conserve these beautiful landscapes for the future.
I chose this exhibition
and this photograph in particular because they are beautiful. I have no other
way to describe them. Landscape photography is my favorite form. Depending on
where we live without photographs we may never be able to see these amazing
places. I also loved how his eight year journey to take these photographs is to
help us see why we should be worried about conserving nature. It would be very
sad indeed if these places ceased to exist. The photograph spurs you to action
(at least it did for me).
Link to rest of photographs: http://www.icp.org/exhibitions/sebasti%C3%A3o-salgado-genesis
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