A JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST
The Amazônia exhibition presents 200 photographs revealing the incredible richness of the Amazon rainforest and the people who inhabit it.
For seven years, Sebastião Salgado travelled through the Brazilian Amazon, in small boats or in the air. He photographed the forest, the rivers, the mountains and the people who live there. In this profound universe, the immense power of nature is felt like in few other places on the planet. The photographer's eye has been imprinted with striking images. Most of these are shown to the public for the first time in the Amazônia exhibition.
The exhibition also includes testimonials from local communities, met in the villages where the photographer spent several weeks. This exhibition in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest is an invitation to see, hear and think about the future of biodiversity and the place of humans in the living world.
AMAZÔNIA: A WORLD SYMPHONY EXHIBITION
In addition to the fragility of this ecosystem, the exhibition also highlights the richness of the Amazonian sound universe. The impressive photographs are displayed with an original soundtrack by Jean-Michel Jarre, created from sounds of the forest. The rustle of trees and the noises of animals. Birdsong and the crash of water rushing down from the mountains... Collected in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, they create a soundscape adapted to the tour.
A PRICELESS HERITAGE
The exhibition showcases over 200 photographs,accompanied by huge projections, in keeping with this extraordinary natural environment. Videos also allow us to listen to the people who live in the forest, and to grasp the richness of their culture.
The Amazônia exhibition emphasizes the fragility of this ecosystem. It also shows that, in the protected areas inhabited by the indigenous communities, who are its ancestral guardians, the forest has suffered almost no damage.
Through the power of these images, Sebastião and Lélia Salgado hope to stimulate thought and action in favor of the preservation of this priceless human heritage.
“The purpose of this exhibition is to stimulate debate on the future of the Amazon rainforest. We need to do this together, from an international perspective, and with the support of indigenous organizations.”
An exhibition produced and presented by Tempora, designed by Lélia Wanick Salgado , with music by Jean-Michel Jarre.
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