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Vintage gelatin silver print
15.8 x 11.8 in. (14.1 x 9.4 in. picture)
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on the verso with photographer's credit blind stamp on the white inferior recto margin
15.8 x 11.8 in. (14.1 x 9.4 in. picture)
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on the verso with photographer's credit blind stamp on the white inferior recto margin
Literature
O. Shell, Sebastiao Salgado. Sahel: The End of the Road, University of Carolina Press, 2004, p. 97P. Nair, A Different Light: The Photography of Sebastião Salgado, Duke University Press, 2012, cover and pl. 12
In questo ritratto di una giovane donna cieca a causa di una infezione cronica il fotografo brasiliano coglie la speranza mescolata alla disperazione, ma lo fa con una ripresa calibrata e una composizione che non può non ricordare la pittura classica.