Migrations: Humanity in Transition (Hardcover)

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"Salgado's . . . photographs do not call for action so much as for a change in consciousness." --The New York Times
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"Salgado's . . . photographs do not call for action so much as for a change in consciousness." --The New York Times

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Aperture (June 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0893818917
• ISBN-13: 978-0893818913
• Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 10 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,019,078 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The World's Greatest Living Photographer of the Poor", August 7, 2000

By	Warren (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

For anyone that wants a photographic window on the psychological and social condition of the world's poor, especially those that are homeless or displaced from their original homes, "Migrations" is an indispensable book. "Migrations" is similar to "Workers", Salgado's 1993 book, but somehow is even more emotionally intense as "Migrations" subjects live even more precariously. The geographic span is even larger, ranging across Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, and selected shots of Europe and North America.

Salgado, a former economist who worked briefly for the World Bank and the IMF, but left to become a photographer because he thought he could do more for the world's poor through photography, has undoubtedly succeeded. It is hard to imagine a more powerful statement than his photographs. I was fortunate enough to see the exhibit of these photographs at the Museum of the Universe in Rio de Janeiro the day before the exhibit closed, August 5, 2000. I also saw a slide show of "Migrations" set to music in the museum's planetarium. I was overcome by any of the photographs and moved to tears.

I was fortunate enough to meet Salgado during a lecture he gave during the exhibit of "Workers" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1993. While I cannot pretend to know a person after one brief meeting, he struck me as humble, brilliant, and perceptive, just like his photographs. Several centuries from now we will look at Salgado's photographs like we now look at Rembrandt's self-portraits: searing, penetrating images into the depths of the human soul.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book that makes you look different at Humanity, April 12, 2000

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This outstanding and beautiful book makes you think a lot above Humanity as a whole, as if humankind was not only a single body, but a single mind as well. Salgado's photographs in this book are a must have for photography lovers. Migrations goes further than just been a masterful piece of art, it's also a masterpiece of photojournalism and sociology in which Sebastian allows us to see the World suffering and cruelty with his deep camera lenses. It tells us a story of the shocking realities we humans live in all corners of the planet. It tells us a story of hope and diverstity. I definetly think this book will become an international photography classic. Once again Mr. Salgado has given us the best of his work in a deeper and closer look to our international society as he did with Terra and Workers.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Study In Humanity, June 26, 2000

By	Dennis Halkides (www.dhalkides-StockPhoto.com) - See all my reviews

What a subperb exhibition of the world's people on the move. I was fortunate enough to see the first exhibit of the Photography Exhibit that makes up this book when it was in Portugal in May/June, 2000. There, the book, along with the exhibit, is entitled "Exodos", and no more evocative book or exhibit is there.

Sebastio Selgato has truly outdone himself with this book--indeed, a masterpiece. Selgato, in my opinion, is the world's finest photojournalist to begin with, but "Migrations" not only is an extension of is past work, but actually surpasses it.

The composition and imagery is outstanding and the printing done by masters. I understand that Selgado does not do his own printing, but works with a team of printers. They did a splendid job printing some of the most evocative images I have yet to see.