Scent of a Dream - Travels in the World of Coffee

Informationen zum Autor Sebastião Salgado trained as an economist in Brazil and first found work at the International Coffee Organization. In 1973, he started a career in images by documenting the lives of poor, migrant workers in Latin America and Africa, working with the photo agencies Sygma, Gamma and Magnum Photos until 1994, when he co-founded Amazonas Images. He has travelled to over 100 countries for his photographic projects, published and exhibited his work extensively and has been awarded numerous major photographic prizes. Klappentext A remarkable visual survey by an internationally acclaimed photographer, documenting traditional methods of sustainable coffee farming across the globe and the rituals deeply steeped in history and pride. Zusammenfassung In this remarkable visual survey, internationally acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado documents traditional methods of sustainable coffee farming across the globe, revealing rituals deeply steeped in history and pride.The book spans nearly a decade of research into the hidden world of coffee, highlighting relationships characterised by respect, fair exchange and a shared understanding that ever-improving quality has the power to improve lives. Salgado, a native to one of Brazil’s premier coffee-growing regions, is the perfect guide for a reader’s journey to principal farming locations in China, Colombia, Guatemala, Ethiopia, India, Brazil, Costa Rica and beyond.

Product details

• Authors: Brenner Marion, Sebastiao Salgado
• Publisher: Abrams
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2015
• EAN: 9781419719219
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-1921-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 247 mm x 362 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, Individual photographers, Sustainable agriculture, Agronomy & crop production, Agronomy and crop production, Photojournalism and documentary photography