«Genesis»

Photo by Sebastio Salgado. The photo is provided by the press service of the «Genesis» project
Photo by Sebastio Salgado. The photo is provided by the press service of the «Genesis» project

The 18th of February in Moscow, at the manor of Muravyev-Apostol there will be open the exhibition of world famous Brazilian photographer Sebastio Salgado named «Genesis».

The exposition includes about 245 photos and presents photo expedition to those planet places, where its inhabitants have still been successful in avoiding the damaging effects of modern civilization. The work at the project has been carried out for 8 years. For these years Salgado has visited the Kalahari desert, jungle of Indonesia, Galapagos Islands, Madagascar, Alaska, Antarctica and other places. The significant part of the photos has been taken in Russia – on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Wrangel Island.

The author of the project Sebastio Salgado – is one of the most famous documentary photographers , who entered down the history of the classic photography and photojournalism. Together with Lelya Vanik Salgado he is co-founder of the Amazonas Images agency in Paris. He was a member of prestigious agency Magnum Photo from 1979 to 1994. He is the winner of numerous awards for his input to the photography, got the title of «The photographer of the year» twice of the International Center of Photography, New York. From the year of 2001 Salgado has been wearing the title of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, the honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been awarded with the Medal of the Royal Photographic Society as well.

«We are living at a critical time for our planet, and the photography – is one of the methods to share with this historical moment», - Salgado says. – In or power is to see the power of our planet with a new, fresh glance. «Genesis» for me is some kind of tribute, dedicated to our nature home.  

The «Genesis» exhibition has been shown in 25 cities of the world, including the Natural History Museum (London), Photos Fotografiska Museum (Stockholm), the International Center of Photography (New York), the National Museum of Singapore, the European House of Photography (Paris), the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto), the Museum of Ara Pacis (Rome), America Haus Berlin (Berlin) and other leading platforms. Now this unique collection of snapshots can be seen in Moscow.

 

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Photo by Sebastio Salgado. The photo is provided by the press service of the «GENESIS» project
Photo by Sebastio Salgado. The photo is provided by the press service of the «GENESIS» project

The project has been organized by the Manor of Muravyev-Apostol in cooperation with Multimedia Art Museum and vcоnfessionagency within the frames of the XI international month of photography in Moscow «The Photo Biennale 2016» with the support of the member of the Board of trustees of the Russian Geographical Society, the traveler Frederick Paulsen.

The exhibition will be open at the manor of Muravyev-Apostol the 18th of February and will last till the 17th of May, 2016.