GENESIS: Sebastião Salgado | Level 4

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When the weather is particularly hostile, the Nenets and their reindeer may spend several days in the same place. North of Ob River. Inside the Arctic Circle. Yamal Peninsula. Siberia. Russia. 2011. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas imagesThe Anavilhanas, the name given to around 350 forested islands in Brazil’s Rio Negro, form the world’s largest inland archipelago. Covering 390 square miles (1,000 square kilometers) of Amazonia, they start 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Manaus and stretch some 250 miles (400 kilometers) up the Rio Negro, as far as Barcelos. Amazonas, Brazil. 2009. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas imagesIceberg between Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands on the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Peninsula. 2005. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas imagesThe eastern part of the Brooks Range, which rises to over 9,800 feet (3,000 meters).The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska. USA. 2009. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas imagesSebastião Salgado (b. 1944). © UNICEF/HQ01-0123/ NICOLE TOUTOUNJI
When the weather is particularly hostile, the Nenets and their reindeer may spend several days in the same place. North of Ob River. Inside the Arctic Circle. Yamal Peninsula. Siberia. Russia. 2011. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas imagesNorth of Ob River. Inside the Arctic Circle. Yamal Peninsula. Siberia. Russia. 2011. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas images
The Anavilhanas, the name given to around 350 forested islands in Brazil’s Rio Negro, form the world’s largest inland archipelago. Covering 390 square miles (1,000 square kilometers) of Amazonia, they start 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Manaus and stretch some 250 miles (400 kilometers) up the Rio Negro, as far as Barcelos. Amazonas, Brazil. 2009. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas imagesThe Anavilhanas. Amazonas, Brazil. 2009. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas images
Iceberg between Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands on the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Peninsula. 2005. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas imagesIceberg on the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Peninsula. 2005. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas images
The eastern part of the Brooks Range, which rises to over 9,800 feet (3,000 meters).The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska. USA. 2009. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas imagesThe Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska. USA. 2009. © Sebastião Salgado Courtesy of Amazonas images
Sebastião Salgado (b. 1944). © UNICEF/HQ01-0123/ NICOLE TOUTOUNJISebastião Salgado (b. 1944). © UNICEF/HQ01-0123/ NICOLE TOUTOUNJI

North American Premiere

Until September 2, 2013

Roloff Beny Gallery, Michael Lee Crystal, Level 4 and Centre Block, Level 3

GENESIS by internationally renowned social documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado makes its North American premiere at the ROM presented in partnership with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.  GENESIS is an eight year photographic expedition travelling to 32 different locations around the planet, showcasing over two hundred hauntingly beautiful and provocative photographs aspiring to share the raw beauty of the landscapes, seascapes and people that have escaped the destructive reach of modern society.  Curated by Lélia Wanick Salgado, GENESIS takes you on a journey to rediscover the far corners of the world and urges you to consider what is left of our planet, what is in peril and what is left to be saved.

Through innovative exhibitions and contemporary projects, ROM Contemporary Culture provides insight and inspiration to help our community make sense of the modern world and connect with one another.  This season, ROM: Contemporary Culture explores the issues of environment and climate change, asking: how does landscape change a culture and how does culture change a landscape?

 

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The exhibit is organized by Amazonas Images, presented by ROM: Contemporary Culture and the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. Sebastiao Salgado: Genesis is a primary exhibition of the festival.  CONTACT is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Celebrate Ontario, the Ontario Arts Council and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund

 

Staff

Deepali Dewan ►

Curator (South Asian Arts & Culture)

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Comment by Christopher Peloquin

I Would Love To See GENESIS Salgado In Level 4 At Royal Ontario Museum And I Will See It In Summer Time In 2013 And My Friends Would Like To See It Too