That’s 1 encounter with the photographer with a ceaseless trigger that I have never ever had the nerve to create about. It may perhaps have been short and there was no q-and-a session for me to get into. Back dwelling who would have published it anyway? Hence, I’m receiving it out of my method today to salute an artist (a word he does not approve of) whose pictures, in cumulation, sear the heart and thoughts. He does not glorify his subjects, he does not contrive that cliched ray of hope. Overridingly, he depicts the reality.
And that reality is the entire truth, a majority of his oeuvre becoming in black-and-white with out faux technical intervention. He’s equally effective in colour and in research of nature, which infallibly describe the ravaged state of the atmosphere.
A two-hour documentary on his work. The Salt of the Earth was created by the eminent German director Wim Wenders and Salgado’s son Juliano. It won a specific jury award at the Cannes film festival, nominated for the Best Documentary at the Oscars, in addition to winning top rated trophies at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and at the Cesar Awards. Truly recommend that you watch it on YouTube (yes, it is accessible there).