Sebastião Salgado: Amazônia: @ Robert Klein Gallery
Works
  • Sebastião Salgado, Kanamashi Yawanawa, 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, Kanamashi Yawanawa, 2016
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  • Sebastião Salgado, The Demini River is a tributary of the Rio Negro and flows through the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, bordering the rises of Serra do Aracá Park, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2019
    Sebastião Salgado, The Demini River is a tributary of the Rio Negro and flows through the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, bordering the rises of Serra do Aracá Park, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2019
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  • Sebastião Salgado, The paraná connecting the Rio Negro with the Cuyuní River.In Portuguese,paranásarelake- like bodies of water connected to major rivers by canals called furos (punctures). During floods, the two often merge as if the river were widening. State of Amazonas, 2019
    Sebastião Salgado, The paraná connecting the Rio Negro with the Cuyuní River.In Portuguese,paranásarelake- like bodies of water connected to major rivers by canals called furos (punctures). During floods, the two often merge as if the river were widening. State of Amazonas, 2019
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Anavilhanas archipelago, Anavilhanas National Park, Lower Rio Negro. State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2019
    Sebastião Salgado, Anavilhanas archipelago, Anavilhanas National Park, Lower Rio Negro. State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2019
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Mount Roraima. Border between Brazil and Guyana, 2018
    Sebastião Salgado, Mount Roraima. Border between Brazil and Guyana, 2018
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Waurá fishers, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005
    Sebastião Salgado, Waurá fishers, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Warriors face off in huka-huka fight, Waurá Village, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005
    Sebastião Salgado, Warriors face off in huka-huka fight, Waurá Village, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Kuikuro warriors parade during Kuarup festival, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005
    Sebastião Salgado, Kuikuro warriors parade during Kuarup festival, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Zo’é women generally use urucum (Bixa orellana), the red fruit of the urucum plant, to color their bodies. Zo’é Indigenous Territory, State of Pará, Brazil, 2009
    Sebastião Salgado, Zo’é women generally use urucum (Bixa orellana), the red fruit of the urucum plant, to color their bodies. Zo’é Indigenous Territory, State of Pará, Brazil, 2009
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Yaukuma, young Waurá warrior, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005
    Sebastião Salgado, Yaukuma, young Waurá warrior, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Mount Roraima. Waterfalls Border between Brazil and Guyana, 2018
    Sebastião Salgado, Mount Roraima. Waterfalls Border between Brazil and Guyana, 2018
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Auzelina Piyãko Asháninka and daughter making seed necklaces. Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, state of Acre, 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, Auzelina Piyãko Asháninka and daughter making seed necklaces. Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, state of Acre, 2016
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Kamayurá pajés (shamans). Xingu Indigenous Territory, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2005
    Sebastião Salgado, Kamayurá pajés (shamans). Xingu Indigenous Territory, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2005
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Fishing with timbó, a toxic substance that can paralyze fish, in the Jukihi stream. Suruwahá Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2017
    Sebastião Salgado, Fishing with timbó, a toxic substance that can paralyze fish, in the Jukihi stream. Suruwahá Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2017
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  • Sebastião Salgado, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2009
    Sebastião Salgado, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2009
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Josane (foreground) and Aldeni, residents of communities in the Demini River region. Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil,, 2014
    Sebastião Salgado, Josane (foreground) and Aldeni, residents of communities in the Demini River region. Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil,, 2014
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Kamayurá boy leaps into the Tuatuari River, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005, 2009
    Sebastião Salgado, Kamayurá boy leaps into the Tuatuari River, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005, 2009
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  • Sebastião Salgado, River landscape, estuary of the Jaú River. Jaú National Park, State of Amazonas, Brazil,, 2019
    Sebastião Salgado, River landscape, estuary of the Jaú River. Jaú National Park, State of Amazonas, Brazil,, 2019
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Clump of jauari palm trees banks of the Jaú River, 2019
    Sebastião Salgado, Clump of jauari palm trees banks of the Jaú River, 2019
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Mushroom cloud rain. Sierre do Divisor Nat'l Park, 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, Mushroom cloud rain. Sierre do Divisor Nat'l Park, 2016
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Biraci Brasil (Nishiwaká), leader of the Yawanawá of the Upper Rio Gregório, 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, Biraci Brasil (Nishiwaká), leader of the Yawanawá of the Upper Rio Gregório, 2016
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  • Sebastião Salgado, 251, Keiá Yawanawa, a young Yawanawá shaman, 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, 251, Keiá Yawanawa, a young Yawanawá shaman, 2016
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Adão Yawanawá in a headdress of eagle feathers, Village of Nova Esperança Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil, 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, Adão Yawanawá in a headdress of eagle feathers, Village of Nova Esperança Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil, 2016
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Bela Yawanawá, Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil, 2019
    Sebastião Salgado, Bela Yawanawá, Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil, 2019
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  • Sebastião Salgado, The municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira. Cauaburi River, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2018
    Sebastião Salgado, The municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira. Cauaburi River, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2018
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Jaú River, Jaú National Park, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2019
    Sebastião Salgado, Jaú River, Jaú National Park, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2019
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Pirakumã Kamayurá bringing fish for women’s festival, Yamurikumã, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005
    Sebastião Salgado, Pirakumã Kamayurá bringing fish for women’s festival, Yamurikumã, Xingu Indigenous Territory, 2005
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Sleeping Beauty Mountains - São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 2009
    Sebastião Salgado, Sleeping Beauty Mountains - São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 2009
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Yanomami Indians from the community of Maturacá, looking at Yaripo, the summit of Pico da Neblina. Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2014
    Sebastião Salgado, Yanomami Indians from the community of Maturacá, looking at Yaripo, the summit of Pico da Neblina. Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2014
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Aracá State Park. El Dorado Falls (background) and Desabamento Falls (foreground). State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2019
    Sebastião Salgado, Aracá State Park. El Dorado Falls (background) and Desabamento Falls (foreground). State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2019
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Manda Yawanawa, daughter of Jeré (Yawakashahu) Yawanawá, from the village of Escondido. Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, state of Acre, 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, Manda Yawanawa, daughter of Jeré (Yawakashahu) Yawanawá, from the village of Escondido. Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, state of Acre, 2016
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Yawa girl, 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, Yawa girl, 2016
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Maria Yawanawá, with her body painted dark, holding a clay pot., 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, Maria Yawanawá, with her body painted dark, holding a clay pot., 2016
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Yara Ashaninka, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil, 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, Yara Ashaninka, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil, 2016
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  • Sebastião Salgado, Luísa, daughter of Moisés Piyãko Asháninka, 2016
    Sebastião Salgado, Luísa, daughter of Moisés Piyãko Asháninka, 2016
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Overview
Sebastião Salgado: Amazônia, @ Robert Klein Gallery
Never has our planet faced such danger as it does this century. Brought on by global warming, desertification of soils, pollution of the oceans and the steady destruction of biodiversity, this climate emergency is a constant reminder of the fragility of our environment, the stability which is critical to the survival of all forms of life on earth.

The Amazon rainforest, known colloquially as “the lung of the world” thanks to its absorption of vast quantities of carbon dioxide, is without question a key factor in combating global warming. However, its destruction is accelerating as a result of fires intentionally set to clear land for cattle farms and soya bean plantations. The poisoning of streams and rivers by free-lance gold prospectors and the relentless invasion of virgin forest by loggers illegally extracting valuable hardwood are aggravating this ecological and human tragedy, making it ever more difficult to protect the Indigenous peoples living in this vast territory.

 

This tropical rainforest accounts for one-tenth of our planet’s species of flora and fauna and represents the largest natural laboratory on earth. Inhabiting this world are some 310,000Indigenous people comprising 169 different ethnic groups and speaking no fewer than 130 languages.

 

More than 100 other communities have yet to make contact with outsiders. Today, this ancestral world is also in danger of disappearance.

 

It was this calamitous horizon that gave birth to this ambitious and urgent photographic project. Our aim is not to denounce the horror of devastation but rather to show

the incomparable beauty of this region and to underline the importance of preserving both the forest and its inhabitants. This exhibition is the fruit of seven years of human experience and photographic expeditions– overland, by water and in the air – of an Amazônia still largely unknown and endlessly astonishing.

 

Through the power of images, we aspire to highlight the majesty of nature and the noble simplicity of the life-style of the Indigenous population. We also sincerely hope to raise awareness of this crisis among public and governments alike so that a new consciousness and commitment to decisive actions will emerge to better protect this invaluable global legacy. We believe that humanity as a whole has a responsibility to care for its common heritage, among which is the miracle of Amazônia.

 

- Léila Wanick Salgado and Sebastião Salgado

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