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Amazônia
By Sebastião Salgado
Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado spent six years deep
in the thick jungle of the Amazon, resulting in this pièce de
résistance. Amazônia visually documents the climate, wildlife and
lives of those who live in this emerald-green wilderness region.
Salgado celebrates the indigenous people as guardians of the
Amazon’s fragile ecosystem, under continued threat from climate
change and development. Images of bulging clouds gathering like
clumped cotton over glistening bodies of water and the rituals of
family life fill Amazônia’s many pages. For a visceral immersion
into the world of Salgado’s photographs – accompanied by a
soundtrack of thunder, rain and the rustlings of animals – the
Amazônia exhibition is on until 13 February
2022 at Rome’s National Museum of 21st Century Arts.