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Sebastião Salgado

Serra Pelada

Description

Maker

Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian, b. 1944)

Title

Serra Pelada

Year

1986

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver print

Dimensions

43.7 x 28.7 cm (17 3/16 x 11 5/16 inches) (sight)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Fain

Object Number

2001.80.98

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Historias
Latin American Works on Paper
Aug 09, 2013 – Jan 05, 2014

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Sebastião Salgado turns his camera on a wide range of social issues all around the world, from famine in the Sahel region of Africa to war in Angola to working conditions in South America. Salgado’s best-known project focused on the Serra Pelada gold mine in northern Brazil, near the mouth of the Amazon River. At its peak, Serra Pelada employed at least 100,000 workers, making it one of the largest mines in the world. Salgado’s images show the backbreaking and hazardous conditions the miners endure, heightening international awareness of their suffering.

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Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian, b. 1944)
Serra Pelada, 1986
Gelatin silver print
43.7 x 28.7 cm (17 3/16 x 11 5/16 inches) (sight)
Gift from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Fain 2001.80.98

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