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Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age

€55.00
Tribute to the time-honored tradition of manual labor as the turn of the millennium approaches and machines and computers replace human workers throughout the globe. Caption booklet in rear pocket included.
Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age is a comprehensive photographic study by Sebastião Salgado. The work documents the lives, environments, and grueling conditions of laborers in various industries across the globe. Through high-contrast black-and-white imagery, Salgado captures the dignity and hardship of manual labor, ranging from mining and manufacturing to agriculture. The book serves as both a visual record of industrial history and a poignant meditation on the human condition within the modern economic landscape.

Bibliographic Details

Author Sebastião Salgado, Lélia Wanick Salgado
Publisher Aperture
Place of publication New York
Year 1993
Edition First edition
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 089381525X
Collation 400 pp.
Language English
Dimensions 33,5 x 26
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