SALGADO (Sebastião). - Lot 259

SALGADO (Sebastião). Terra. Introduction by José Saramago. Poems by Chico Buarque. Paris, Éditions de La Martinière, [1997]. Large folio, publisher’s binding with illustrated dust jacket. French first edition of one of Sebastião Salgado’s major works, dedicated to the issues of land, landless peasants, and the dignity of rural Brazil. Produced following several years of reporting on the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST), *Terra* stands as one of the pinnacles of contemporary documentary photography. The photographs, printed in heliogravure with remarkable depth, combine aesthetic power with humanistic commitment. Salgado showcases his signature photographic style: monumental compositions, portraits of exceptional intensity, landscapes of great simplicity, and scenes of daily life where light sculpts faces and bodies. The book is enriched by an introduction by José Saramago, future Nobel Prize winner in Literature, and poems by Chico Buarque, offering a rare dialogue between photography, literature, and poetry. One of the seminal works of social photography from the late 20th century, it has become a classic in Sebastião Salgado’s bibliography. Condition: good copy. Dust jacket shows some staining, scuffing, and small marginal tears, with a weak spot on the inner edge of the endpaper (visible in the photograph) that does not affect the book’s structural integrity. Interior is in very fresh condition and complete.