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RSS FeedsServico Social do Comercio presents an exhibition of photographs by Sebastião Salgado
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15 august 2019 11:03:31

 
Servico Social do Comercio presents an exhibition of photographs by Sebastião Salgado
(Artdaily.org)
 


Between the months of July and November, the exhibition space of Sesc Avenida Paulista presents the exhibition Gold – The Serra Pelada Gold Mine by Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, curated by Lélia Wanick Salgado. The show features a photographic series that arose based on his trip to the district of Serra Pelada, where over the course of one month he witnessed firsthand the daily life of the gold diggings and the entire social landscape that was formed around the precious metal’s extraction. The history of the mine, located in the state of Pará, in the Amazon region, is traditionally linked to the wildcat mining activities that boomed after the discovery of gold in the late 1970s. The zone attracted thousands of anonymous miners over the years and was converted, ever since, into a territory of conflicts, socioeconomic vulnerability and power struggles. Just as images of Serra Pelada broadcast by the media have


 
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