Discover the earth’s raw beauty through the lens of Sebastião Salgado
Discover the earth’s raw beauty through the lens of Sebastião Salgado
By Luc Rinaldi | February 18, 2015
By Luc Rinaldi | 02/18/2015
Sebastião Salgado. (Image: Dave Gillespie)
The Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado made his name with stunning images that document humanity’s devastating footprint on the natural world. Now he’s gone in a more optimistic direction with his latest project, Genesis. Travelling by boat, bush plane and hot-air balloon, Salgado visited 32 countries over eight years to capture the raw beauty of untouched—and, in many cases, un-photographed—mountains, oceans and deserts. At A Fragile Beauty , his ongoing exhibition at Nicholas Metivier Gallery , he showcases gelatin silver prints that feel more like chrome-infused paintings than true-to-life photographs: a colony of penguins playfully parading down an icy slide, a timid leopard stooping by the side of a lake and the claw of an iguana stretched out on a rock like a baby’s foot. The works may not be as damning as Salgado’s earlier images, but their message—one of hope—is just as affecting. Click through the image gallery for a look.
To Feb. 28. Nicholas Metivier Gallery, 451 King St. W. , 416-205-9000, metiviergallery.com .
307243 Chinstrap penguins, Zavodovski and Visokoi Islands, South Sandwich Islands, November and December, 2009. Gelatin silver print. (Image: Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-4-150x150.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-4.jpg 1200 878 {"copyright":"\u00a9 Sebasti\u00e3o SALGADO \/ Amazonas images"} https://torontolife.com/food/discover-earths-raw-beauty-lens-sebastiao-salgado/slide/sebastio-salgado-4/ sebastio-salgado-4 0 0
(Image: Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery)
307244 The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Brooks Range, north eastern Alaska, 2009. Gelatin silver print. (Image: Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-5-150x150.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-5.jpg 800 1094 {"copyright":"\u00a9 Sebasti\u00e3o SALGADO \/ Amazonas images"} https://torontolife.com/food/discover-earths-raw-beauty-lens-sebastiao-salgado/slide/sebastio-salgado-5/ sebastio-salgado-5 0 0
(Image: Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery)
307242 Bryce Canyon National Park during a snowstorm, Utah, USA, 2010. Gelatin silver print. (Image: Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-3-150x150.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-3.jpg 1200 878 {"copyright":"\u00a9 Sebasti\u00e3o SALGADO \/ Amazonas images"} https://torontolife.com/food/discover-earths-raw-beauty-lens-sebastiao-salgado/slide/sebastio-salgado-3/ sebastio-salgado-3 0 0
(Image: Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery)
307241 Bighorn Creek in the western part of the Kluane National Park, Canada, 2011. Gelatin silver print. (Image: Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-2-150x150.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-2.jpg 1200 878 {"copyright":"\u00a9 Sebasti\u00e3o SALGADO \/ Amazonas images"} https://torontolife.com/food/discover-earths-raw-beauty-lens-sebastiao-salgado/slide/sebastio-salgado-2/ sebastio-salgado-2 0 0
(Image: Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery)
307240 Iceberg Castel between Paulet Islands and the South Shetland Islands on the Weddell Sea, 2005. Gelatin silver print. (Image: Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-1-150x150.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sebastio-salgado-1.jpg 1200 878 [] https://torontolife.com/food/discover-earths-raw-beauty-lens-sebastiao-salgado/slide/sebastio-salgado-1/ sebastio-salgado-1 0 0
(Image: Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery)