Sebastião Salgado. Exodus

A great price from Amazon for this compendium of stimulating (and disturbing) photographs from the great Salgado.

Salgado is one of the best photographers of this century. His work is insightful and demonstrates the toil there is in a very troubled world. His photographs are taken with great intelligence and sensitivity

a must for all Salgado fans.

Understanding "modern times": add Salgado's work to that of Primo Levi and Joseph Heller.

Fantastic book!

Exodus is a re-release of Sebastiao Salgado's much praised 'Migrations' which was released almost two decades ago. Having not had the chance to look at and own this work in it's original release (hardcover editions being very expensive in good condition these days) I quickly purchased this book as soon as it were available. Like every other Salgado book I own (Genesis & Africa) it has proved to be one of the best purchases I have ever made. It is utterly sublime. Salgado documents the vast and breathtaking relocation of various peoples throughout the world, fleeing genocide, war and many other problems that have come to plague their life. The results as presented within are a dichotomy between the stark beauty and majesty of Salgado's breathtaking photography and the despair, dejection and often horror that his subjects experience throughout the collection. Salgado wants you to feel your way throughout this book, to educate you by shining light upon, and capturing their plight on 35mm. After completing this work Sebastiao Salgado found himself distraught, sick and losing all faith in humanity. Interrogating this book we can find all the answers we need to understand his frame of mind. Answers that are both beautiful and deadly, holding the ability to strip away any preconceptions, judgements and prejudice regarding famine, genocide, war and life that is so familiar yet so alien to our own. Haunting and inspiring. P.S. Throughout the collection there are several photos presented across two pages in a double page spread. Not nearly as many as Genesis, but there are some. I thought I'd pre-warn as some dislike the presentation of photos this way.

Excellent body of work - sadly disappointed by paper quality which doesn’t do the photos justice in comparison to other volumes

I have two of Salgado's photo books: "Genesis" and "Exodus". In general, I believe B&W images rob something from the scene pictured. Humans see everything in colour, so a B&W image looks doctored. That aside, my main complaint is that "Exodus" does not have picture captions -- they are just bland B&W images that make no sense. Without a time and setting, the photos look staged. "Genesis" had an add-on booklet inside with picture captions.