Selgado

[Gid]

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article2592307.ece

Scroll down the right of the page for a slide show of Selgado's images of the coffee trade. Also another slide show of images below this relating to some international photography awards. Plus links to Lee Miller and Fleet Street at the images at the National Portrait Gallery.

 

[pesphoto]

wonderful images...thanks for the link!

 

[mihai]

timesonline got it wrong .. it is Salgado.

 

[blacklight]

his work is fantastic. true artist.

 

[Harry Lime]

Terrific photographer and his printer is a genius. They are quite stunning in real life.

 

[javimm]

Totally agree. I saw an exhibit of 50 prints of him. Mainly the ones from his Africa series. Stunning is the word. His printer, as said earlier is a true genius too. On of the best IMHO.

 

[charjohncarter]

Wow, he really captured it. I was down there (Columbia) in the 70s, and tried do do that, no where near.

 

[jjovin]

I have known his work for over a decade.
The coffee trade is the best work from him yet.

 

[sirius]

Thanks, those are lovely pictures. There's a mystical feeling to them.

 

[captainslack]

#5 is particularly beautiful. His work continues to blow me away.

 

[mtbbrian]

When his "Exodus " exhibit came through Salt Lake City a few years, I had the rare opportunity to have an audience with several of his prints, prior to the exhibit.
I was a volunteer at the gallery that hosted the exhibit, and inspected the framed prints as we unpacked the for insurance purposes and what not.
The prints were probably some of the best I have ever seen.
Brian

 

[shadowfox]

The beautiful light rays seems to follow him around 🙂

Amazing work, thanks for the link. One more exhibition to watch out for locally.

 

[Santafecino]

These are incredible pictures. I saw some of the Exodus prints several years ago here in Santa Fe. Prints like these make me think that one need go no further than a Leica and a darkroom to produce real drama.

 

[BigSteveG]

He is a modern master of light and uses the art to promote social awareness.

 

[pachuco]

He is the reason I started shooting black and white photography 🙂

 

[PaulDalex]

Seems to me his art is even getting better. A modern HCB. And apparently no cropping. Taking pictures all day long allow him to reach a superior technique. Also he is lucky to have a genius collaborating at the prints. Myself, sunday photog at best, have to print on my own with photoshop. Some pictures of many years ago still wait for the final release... Can't wait to retire and change all this

 

[Gid]

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/salgado/0,15021,1294976,00.html

Some more interesting Salgado stuff.

 

[nico]

Gid,
thanks for the link,
here another website with some other photos from him (got this link from Milos, a young member here).
http://www.terra.com.br/sebastiaosalgado/
Ciao

 

[BigSteveG]

I find Salgado's work far more important than anything HCB ever did. This is the kind of work that inspires, shocks and delights. He uses small format photography to its best possible end.

 

[varjag]

I find Salgado's work far more important than anything HCB ever did.

Do you also think that Kennedy was more important than Picasso?