Of the great photographer Salgado
Photo exhibition "Africa" ​​held
- 100 points from masterpiece to new exhibition

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Speaking of the great photojournalist, you might think of Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson in a moment. Shoulder to shoulder with them, which is worshiped as God, continues to now still field work past the age of 60, speaking of news photographer at the forefront, not in addition to be considered of Sebastian Salgado.
Right: Mr. Sebastian Salgado. Salgado's right photo is "Women wait for the distribution of food. Have lost their sight by sandstorms and chronic eye diseases. Mali, Goundam District, 1995"

Photos taken the state of African hunger and "Sahel", such as capturing the laborers who work under harsh environment "WORKERS", the impact of the first time you touched on his work was considerable. Until then, the news photography for me, local people's hardship, be one that convey vividly the Mugotarashi of, it had been thought to be far from the art. However, it encounters with Salgado works, was completely changed my poor sensibility. Many of his works, hunger, poverty, such as disputes and workers and immigrants, while not the socially vulnerable and the theme, do not give never negative impression to the work. Rather, such as visible light of hope in the human muscle to the future of the minority of people, I feel like there are many works that were filled with such tenderness. Further in under miserable conditions suffering from poverty and hunger, occasionally, antics children and was, glimpse the figure of the mother who live Horny. While a photograph of the genre of "news", somewhere Hohoemashiku, and beautiful to perfect.
Left) "Ring de Sherifai camp of refugee families. Sudan, 1985", right) "wearing all the people. Belongings to escape to Sudan from Tigre, women keep an eye out on reconnaissance aircraft to mount a strafe . Ethiopia, 1985 "

Salgado repeats as "Africans also, Brazilian also, there is no difference in Japanese. All is the only human beings who live on the earth." Etc. it is the difference between a country's economic development, the difference in us human beings to live now in this same era and without. Beard or, instead of sympathy, political they face, it will be very important to consider the social variety of problems with the same eyes.

Sebastian SalgadoPhoto exhibition "Africa"Than October 24,Tokyo Museum of PhotographyIn was started. The exhibition is over the Arugado 33 years, to exhibit the work 100 points've been doing the shooting traveled many times to Africa. 1991, "WORKERS" what a big basket in the tea plantation shot in the series captured the women who work with bearers up to lively up to the shoulder and, on the other hand, after the massacre of between happened Hutu and Tutsi in 1994 such as the works that copy the shape of Rwanda, challenge the origin of life called "What is a human being?". Furthermore Salgado is betting the life, from the still ongoing series of "GENESIS (origin)", human beings as well and wild animals that live in Africa of the earth, the latest work 25 points are lined up that were taken the beautiful nature of the figure. The exhibition, which aligned to bring together from the past of the masterpiece to new work, would just say that or no opportunity to know the photographer Salgado.
Front photo) "covering the body with light grazing camp of the Dinka people man. Cow dung baked ash, protect the skin from insects and parasites. Southern Sudan, 2006"

It should be noted that the series "GENESIS (origin)," said so movie by film director Wim Wenders is in progress. Scheduled to premiere in New York in 2012, it is screening in Japan probably expected to be around 2013. Dream of tag of Salgado and Wenders is, for me to love and respect the two people, bliss! !

■ Photo Exhibition: "to Sebastian Salgado Africa living things of the future."
■ Kai Period: October 24, 2009 (Saturday) to December 13 (Sunday)
■ Closed: Monday (the following day when closed day is a public holiday, transfer holiday)
■ Venue: the second floor exhibition room
■ Fee: General 800 yen / student 700 yen / junior and senior high school students, 65 years of age or older 600 yen
■ URL:http://www.syabi.com/details/sarugado.html

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