Sugar Canes, Brazil, 1987; weaving plant, Koustany factory, Kazakhstan; Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel, 1990; Shipyard, Brest, 1990. Magnum Photos stamp on the back of each photograph. Sebastiao Salgado copyright stamp on the back of the Chantier Navale photo. Small defects.
Sebastiao Salgado's epic book "Workers; An archaeology of the industrial age", pays tribute (covering a span of 6 years of photography from 1987 to 1992) to the time honoured tradition of manual labour as the turn of the millennium aèèrpaches and machines and computers replace human workers throughout the globe. With images of striking beauty and integrity, Salgado composes a visual elegy for working men and women, whose indomitable spirit has prevailed over the harshest photos.