About the Author

Sebastiao Salgado began his career as a professional photographer in Paris in 1973 and subsequently worked with the photo agencies Sygma, Gamma, and Magnum Photos. In 1994 he and his wife Lelia created Amazonas Images, an agency that handles exclusively his work. Salgado's photographic projects have been featured in many exhibitions as well as books, including Other Americas (1986), Sahel: l'homme en detresse (1986), Workers (1993), Terra (1997), Migrations (2000), and The Children (2000). Lelia Deluiz Wanick Salgado studied Architecture and Urban Planning in Paris. Her interest in photography started in the early 1970s and she moved on to conceiving and designing photography books and organizing exhibitions, numerous of them on Sebastiao Salgado. Since 1994 Lelia is director of the press agency Amazonas Images. Translated in more than 20 languages, Mia Couto is Mozambique's most celebrated author. His first novel, Sleepwalking Land, was chosen by an international jury as one of twelve best African books published in the 20th century. He lives in Maputo, Mozambique and works as an ecologist.

Reviews

"In the footsteps of courage and catastrophe... The beauty of Sebastiao Salgado's Africa - a 30-year journey across the dark continent by the world's greatest photojournalist." - The Sunday Times Magazine, London "In the footsteps of courage and catastrophe [...] - a 30-year journey across the dark continent by the world's greatest photojournalist." - The Sunday Times Magazines, London"