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| Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado is one of the most
respected photojournalists working today.
Sebastiao Ribeiro Salgado was born in Brazil on February 8, 1944,
in a small town, Aimorés, in the state of Minas Gerais. Educated
as an economist, Mr. Salgado, 57, began his photography career in
1973. He has dedicated his working life to chronicling the lives of
the world's dispossessed, a work that has filled ten books and
many exhibitions and for which he has won numerous awards in
Europe and in the Americas.
Working entirely in a black-and-white format, Mr. Salgado's
respect for his subjects and his abililty to to draw out the larger
meaning of what is happening to them, has created an imagery
that testifies to the fundamental dignity of all humanity while
simultaneously protesting its violation by war, poverty and other
injustices.
Over the years Mr. Salgado has collaborated generously with
international humanitarian organizations including UNICEF, the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees
(UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), Medecins Sans
Frontières and Amnesty International.
Sebastião Salgado |
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© Salgado/Amazonas/nbpictures from
the Arden collection of Salgados |
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FROM WHERE YOU STAND
From where you stand offers
the viewer an insight into the way
contemporary photographers’
explore and interpret their chosen
surroundings. With works ranging
from the nocturnal observation of
the urban landscape to acute
abstract celebrations of the natural
environment, this collection of
images presents a rich and vibrant
snapshot into the diverse and
intriging conditions in which we
choose to live our lives. |
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STEPHEN HUGHES
Born in Brighton 1968 where he still lives and works.
Stephen produces evocative portraits of places and
people who seem to be on the edge, preferring
locations marginal to the major flows of human
existence where certain energies come to simmer
and disperse - transient places that seem to bear the
markings of time but where memory fails to cling. |
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denis doran
Born in 1950, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. Lives and
works in Brighton.
These works derive from an intense scrutiny of a
small area of ground on the artist’s allotment. The
lower part of each image is a scan of the earth at his
feet, the upper part a manipulated polaroid of a view
from where he is standing. The title refers to the
temporary nature of any ownership of an allotment
site. |
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MALCOM GLOVER
Born in London 1955 now lives in St Leonards on Sea.
This work, a panoramic composite was shot over a
four hour period. Glover’s ‘timescapes’ range in size
from 5-30ft. Traditionally, the photographic image has
trapped the viewer in one perspective and one
moment in time - Malcolm’s work attempts to
remove these restrictions.
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RAY KYTE
Born London 1947
Lives and works in Kent
Having chosen to concentrate on taking photographs
after achieving considerable success as a painter and
designer, these disciplines continue to inform his
work. In these works a keen observation results in
images of an initially serene nature often infused with
a distinct element of mystery. |
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patrick Shanahan
Born Manchester 1955
Lives in Falmouth, Cornwall
Shanahan’s pristine compositions establish a tension
between a real and constructed landscape in which
the distinction between reality and imagination blur
leaving a peculiar sense of spatial estrangement.
Shot at night using ambient artificial lighting they give
a seductive and unsettling insight into the modern
urban environment.
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