More than those of any other living photographer, Sebastião Salgado's images of the world's poor stand in tribute to the human condition. His transforming photographs bestow dignity on the most isolated and neglected, from famine-stricken refugees in the Sahel to the indigenous peoples of South America. Workers is a global epic that transcends mere imagery to become an affirmation of the enduring spirit of working women and men. The book is an archaeological exploration of the activities that have defined labor from the Stone Age through the Industrial Age, to the present. Divided into six categories-Agriculture, Food, Mining, Industry, Oil, and Construction-the book unearths layers of visual information to reveal the ceaseless human activity at the core of modern civilization. Extended captions provide a historical and factual framework for the images. An elegy for the passing of traditional methods of labor and production, Workers delivers a message of endurance and hope.
Sebastião Salgado (born in Aimorés, Brazil, 1944) began working as a professional photographer in 1973. Since then, he has published numerous books, held solo shows, received international awards, and along with his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, founded Amazonas images, an agency created for his work.
"This book is the photography of humanity."--Gabriel Garcia
Marquez
"Salgado unveils the pain, the beauty, and the brutality of the
world of work on which everything rests. This is a collection of
deep devotion and impressive skill."--Arthur Miller
"Sebastiao Salgado has produced an elaborate, deluxe paean to
laborers throughout the world, from tea harvesters in Rwanda to
oil-well firefighters and well-cappers in Kuwait...He brings to the
composition of photojournalism skills akin to those of the painter
Caravaggio. "Workers "offers additional evidence of this mannerist
style, which has its photographic roots in the legacy of W. Eugene
Smith...There is no denying that Mr. Salgado's photographs command
attention."--Andy Grundberg, "The New York Times Book Review"
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