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Workers : an archaeology of the industrial age / Sebastião Salgado.

Title
  1. Workers : an archaeology of the industrial age / Sebastião Salgado.
Published by
  1. New York : Aperture, c1993.
Author
  1. Salgado, Sebastião, 1944-

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Additional authors
  1. Nepomuceno, Eric, 1948-
  2. Salgado, Lélia Wanick
  3. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Description
  1. 399, [1] p. : chiefly ill., ports.; 34 cm. +
Summary
  1. This book is a global epic that transcends mere image-making to become an affirmation of the enduring spirit of working women and men. Sebastiao Salgado unearths layers of visual information to reveal the ceaseless human activity at the core of modern civilization. His extended captions provide a historical and factual framework for the images, which are divided into six chapters: Agriculture, Food, Mining, Industry, Oil and Construction. Though an elegy for the passing of traditional methods of labour and production, Workers ultimately delivers a message of endurance and hope.
  2. 'A vast and beautiful anthology of the condition of labour.' (Guardian).
  3. 'A magnificent book.' (The Sunday Times).
  4. 'One of the most highly acclaimed photography books of the last few decades.' (British Journal of Photography).
Subject
  1. Salgado, Sebastião, 1944- > Exhibitions
  2. Working class > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
  3. Unskilled labor > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  1. Exhibition catalogs
  2. Exhibition, pictorial works
  3. Exhibition catalogs.
  4. Exhibition, pictorial works.
  5. Bildverk.
Contents
  1. Sugarcane: Brazil and Cuba -- Tea: Rwanda -- Tobacco: Cuba -- Cocoa: Brazil -- Perfune: Reunion -- Fishing: Galicia, Spain -- Tuna fishing: Sicily, Italy -- Slaughterhouse: South Dakota, United States -- Textiles: Bangladesh and Kazakhstan -- Bicycles: Shanghai and Tianjin, China -- Scooters: Pune, India -- Motorcycles: Madras, India -- Automobiles: Ukraine, Russia, India and China -- Shipyards: Poland and France -- Shipbreaking: Bangladesh -- Titanium and Magnesium: Kazakhstan -- Lead: Kazakhstan -- Steel: France and Ukraine -- Railroads: France -- Iron Ore: Kazakhstan -- Coal: India -- Sulfur: Indonesia -- Gold: Serra Pelada, Brazil -- Oil:Baku, Azerbaijan -- Oil wells: Kuwait -- Eurotunnel: France and England -- The Sandar Sarovar Dam and irrigation canal: India -- Rajasthan Canal: Rajasthan, India.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. "Workers, a major traveling exhibition, will open in North America at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in April 1993 and will travel throughout the world"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-[400]).
Processing action (note)
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