Sebastião Salgado (b. 1944)
Sebastião Salgado (b. 1944)

Antarctica, 2005

Details
Sebastião Salgado (b. 1944)
Antarctica, 2005
oversized gelatin silver print
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 21 ¼ x 29 ¾ in. (54 x 75.5 cm.)
sheet: 23 5/8 x 35 ½ in. (60 x 90.2 cm.)
Provenance
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs, New York, 2010.
Literature
Sebastião Salgado, Genesis, Taschen, Cologne, 2013, pp. 20-21.

Lot Essay

In The Guardian Simon Hattenstone recounted Salgado's photographic journey to Antarctica:

They sailed for days on end, looking for the great sculpted icebergs Salgado had heard about. When he found one that looked like a turreted medieval castle, he realized his visit had been worthwhile. He was ecstatic. He had already taken thousands of photographs in Antarctica, but he considered this to be the first real one (from 'High Summer,' July 1, 2005).

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