Customer Reviews
A masterpiece - By: Suzanne, 03 Jun 2006 
This book is full of incredible, powerful photography. Although Salgado is clearly expressing a political viewpoint, there is never a feeling of being patronised or preached to.
Powerful - By: Christian Hilmersen, 30 Jun 2004 This is an excellent book that made my back hairs raise. It really made me stop & think. This book is a valuable addition to my collection of books with great photographers.
A masterpiece - By: crispianb@hotmail.com, 14 Jan 2001 Anyone interestedin photo journalism should buy this book. Salgado is one of the great photographers of our times & this is undoubtedly his most powerful book to date. Some of the images have become 20th century classics, such as the Brazilian gold mine & the Kuwaiti oil fire series. Others are less well known, but almost all the sections of this remarkable book are filled with stunning images that have been beautifully reproduced.
One of the best reporter's work ever. - By: , 09 Jun 1999 I discovered the bookin a public libraryin Paris. I was really shocked when I just pass hundreds of pages just discovering great & greater pictures. In particular, I loved some chapters like the "Mattanza" thun-fishin Sicile, or the one settledin Bangladesh. The photographic style is pure & simple. The technique is simply perfect, so the work of Salgado is rated at a very high level, all over the book. The only "but" I find is that maybe there are so many good pictures you can swallow them at once!
A must-have book for anyone interested in photography - By: , 01 Nov 1998 As an amateur photographer I find Salgado's book inspiring but also a little depressing...the pictures are so good I just wish I had one tenth of his skill. The thing that stands out about these pictures is the scale: a man standing next to an enormous oil tanker for example. The quality of the photography & printingin the book means it is easily worth £80. Based on this book Salgado isin my opinion the best photographer alive. I highly recomend it.
