Other Americas originally published in France in 1986 & designed by Lelia Wanick Salgado is Sebastiao Salgados first book Upon publication it became an award-winning photobook classic establishing Salgados reputation as the visionary reportage photographer of his generation With forty-nine black-&-white photographs taken between 1977 & 1984 Salgados distilled survey of a continent
Includes:: images from Brazil Ecuador Bolivia Peru Guatemala & Mexico The images range in subject capturing spiritual & religious practices changing rural landscapes & intimate domestic life Each photograph shares a sense of sincere connection between the subject & the photographer between a population & their homeland & between Salgado & the audience he seeks to engage In his text Alan Riding writes Salgado has sought out a lost corner of the Americas & he has made it a prism through which the entire continent can be viewed A philosophy of life is caught in a look; an entire way of life is frozen in a moment