About this title: More than those of any living photographer, Sebastiao Salgado's images of the world's poor stand as icons of the human condition. His transforming photographs bestow dignity on the most isolated and neglected, from refugees in the famine-stricken Sahel, to the men who swarm the gold mines of Brazil. Now Saigado goes beyond icons to bring us a photographic revolution of such epic scope that it transcends mere image making. These photographs form an archaeological perspective of the activities that have defined labour from the Iron Age through the Industrial Revolution to the present. This book ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Aperture
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780893815509ISBN:0893815500
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Eastman Kodak Company & Aperture Foundation, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780893815257ISBN:089381525X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Lavishly illustrated text contains 350 duotone images of tea pickers in Rwanda, dam builders in India, steelworkers in France and Ukraine, sugarcane harvesters in Brazil, assembly-line workers in Russia and China, sulfur miners in Indonesia and others, which pay tribute to working people who preserve their dignity in the harshest conditions. Includes extended captions which provide a historical and factual framework; a lyrical accompanying essay by ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Phaidon Press, Ltd. Oxford
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780714829319ISBN:0714829315
Description: Fine Condition in Fine Condition jacket. 400 pp., many duotone photographs throughout. 23 page captions booklet inserted in sleeve to rear pastedown in fine condition. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover. read more
Edition: First English Language Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Aperture Foundation, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780893815257ISBN:089381525X
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. (SALGADO, SEBASTIAO). Salgado, Sebastiao & Eric Nepomuceno. SEBASTIAO SALGADO: WORKERS-AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE INDUSTRIAL AGE. New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc., 1993. First English Language Edition. Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. 400 + 23pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Concept and Design by Lelia Wanick Salgado. "More than those of any other living photographer, Sebastiao Salgado's images of the world's poor stand ... read more
Description: Acceptable. Less than standard, but still an acceptable copy. May have underlining, margin notes, or significant shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Soft Back with d/w.
Publisher: Phaidon, UK
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780714837185ISBN:0714837180
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. WE SPECIALIZE IN PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS. Texts 22pp. 350 well printed, duotone b/w photos. Pictorial contents page. Highly aesthetic images of the endurance of manual workers building dams in India, on the Eurotunnel, in factories, brick-making, fighting oil-fires in Kuwait, harvesting world food crops, fishing, weaving, building or digging for minerals-including the famous photos of the Brazilian gold miners. Humanist images and texts that combine ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780893815257ISBN:089381525X
Description: New. More then those of any other living photographer, Sebastiao Salgado's images of the world's poor stand in tribute to the human condition. Salgado defines his work as "militant photography" dedicated to "the best comprehension of man"; over the decade... read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Phaidon Press Limited, UK
ISBN-13:9780714837185ISBN:0714837180
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. ISBN10: 0714837180. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A. : Aperture, 1993
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780893815257ISBN:089381525X
Description: Dust Jacket Included. Third printing, hardcover, booklet of notes in rear pocket, slight lean, touch of soiling to page edges, otherwise a Near Fine copy in like dustjacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780714837185ISBN:0714837180
Description: Even as machines, robots and computers replace workers, Salgado's powerful, striking photographs reveal the backbreaking and unrelenting toil that is still the lot of millions of men and women around the globe. Never preachy or didactic, these 350 duotone images of tea pickers in Rwanda, dam builders in India, steelworkers in France and Ukraine, sugarcane harvesters in Brazil, assembly-line workers in Russia and China, sulfur miners in Indonesia and others, pay tribute to working people who ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Phaidon, London, England
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780714837185ISBN:0714837180
Description: New- in New- jacket. 33 x 25 Cms. Cardboard softcover with a dust jacket-400 pages-in English-350 duotone illustrations-people doing hard work in difficult conditions all over the world photographed by Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado (b.1944)-bio., showings and bibliography. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Aperture
Date Published: 2005-06-15
ISBN-13:9780893815509ISBN:0893815500
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York (Aperture)
Date Published: 1993
Description: 399, (1)pp. 395 plates. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Published in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition, opening in North America at The Philadelphia Museum of Art in April 1993. read more
Description: 1993. Phaidon. First. Hardcover. Book-VG. DJ. VG. Protective covered. 13. x10. 400pp. Profuse b/w photographs. These photographs tell the story of an era. The images offer a visual archaeology of a time that history knows as the Industrial Revolution, a time when men and women at work with their hands provided the central axis of the world. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. CLOSE TO NEW CONDITION. 399 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. VERY MILD SHELFWEAR TO THE COVER/JACKET. -JUST A LITTLE NOICEABLE ON THE BACKSIDE (DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE BOOK) THERE ARE NO BENDS, NO MARKINGS, NO SPINE CREASES, NO PRICE LABELS, NO PRICE LABLE RESIDUE, AND NO TEARS. ABSOLUTELY NO OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR CANADIAN ORDERS ON THIS ITEM DUE TO THE SIZE AND WEGHT (IT WOULD NOT BE ECOMOMICAL FOR THE BUYER OR THE SELLER...A REAL HEAVY BOOK ... read more
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