Chinstrap penguins on an iceberg, between Zavodovski and Visokoi islands, South Sandwich Islands, 2009, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches/61 x 89 cm
Church Gate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay India, 1995, gelatin silver print, 36 x 50 inches/91.4 x 127 cm
Yali man, West Papua, Indonesia, 2010, Gelatin silver print, 68 x 50 inches/180 x 125 cm
Iceberg between Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands in the Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, 2005, gelatin silver print, 36 x 50 inches/92 x 127 cm
Women in the Zo’é village of Towari Ypy color their bodies with the red fruit of the urucum, Pará, Brazil, 2009, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches/61 x 89 cm
Marine Iguana, Galápagos, Ecuador, 2004, gelatin silver print, 68 x 50 inches/172.7 x 127 cm
Marine Iguana, Galápagos, Ecuador, 2004, gelatin silver print, 36 x 50 inches/91.44 x 127 cm
Southern Right Whale, Valdés Peninsula, Argentina, 2004, gelatin silver print, 36 x 50 inches/91.4 x 127 cm
Southern Elephant Seal Calves at Saint Andrews Bay, South Georgia, 2009, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches/61 x 89.9 cm
Adansonia Grandidieri, 2010, gelatin silver print, 36 x 50 inches/91.44 x 127 cm
Cerro Torre, part of a mountain chain in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Argentine Patagonia, 2007, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches/61 x 88.9 cm
The Erg Ubari, a vast expanse of sand dunes, has no fresh water, but salt lakes, Libya, 2009, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches/61 x 88.9 cm
Iceberg located between Bristol and Bellingshausen islands, South Sandwich Islands, 2009, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches/61 x 88.9 cm
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah and Arizona, USA, 2010, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches/61 x 88.9 cm
Baobab trees on a mushroom island in Bay of Moramba, Madagascar, 2010, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches/61 x 88.9 cm
The garca moura, or Cocoi heron, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 2011, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches/61 x 88.9 cm
One of the most influential photographers working today, Sebastião Salgado’s is acclaimed worldwide for his breathtaking landscapes, images of endangered wildlife and documentary projects on indigenous peoples. He lays bare, with intense humanity and sensitivity, inequality and the fragility of the natural world.
Over a 50–year career, the Brazilian-born artist has been the subject of numerous books and films. His work has been exhibited in hundreds of museums and cultural institutions worldwide and is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Getty Museum, among others.
This exhibition includes images from Genesis, his epic series that’s been called a love letter to the Earth.
