Sebastiao Salgado traveled the Brazilian Amazon and photographed
the unparalleled beauty of this extraordinary region for six years:
the forest, the rivers, the mountains, the people who live there-an
irreplaceable treasure of humanity. In the book's foreword Salgado
writes: "For me, it is the last frontier, a mysterious universe of
its own, where the immense power of nature can 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." Salgado visited a dozen
indigenous tribes that exist in small communities scattered across
the largest tropical rainforest in the world. He documented the
daily life of the Yanomami, the Ashaninka, the Yawanawa, the
Suruwaha, the Zo'e, the Kuikuro, the Waura, the Kamayura, the
Korubo, the Marubo, the Awa, and the Macuxi-their warm family
bonds, 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. Sebastiao 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. Amazonia must live on." INSTITUTO TERRA Founded in 1998 at
Aimores in the state of Minas Gerais, Instituto Terra is the
culmination of Lelia Wanick Salgado and Sebastiao 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. Also 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.
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