Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714837180 ISBN 13: 9780714837185

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1997

Synopsis

This book is a global epic that transcends mere image-making to become an affirmation of the enduring spirit of working women and men. Sebastião Salgado unearths layers of visual information to reveal the ceaseless human activity at the core of modern civilization.

With extended captions by the photographer providing a historical and factual framework for the images, the book is divided into six essential chapters: Agriculture, Food, Mining, Industry, Oil and Construction.

Though an elegy for the passing of traditional methods of labour and production, Workers ultimately delivers a dynamic message of endurance and hope through an aestheticism that is instantly arresting, irrespective of time and place.

About this title

Review:

'A vast and beautiful anthology of the condition of labour.' (Guardian)

'A magnificent book.' (Sunday Times)

Synopsis:

This photojournalistic work is Sebastiao Salgado's archaeological document of the activities that have defined labour from the Iron Age through the Industrial Revolution to the present. He pays homage to those who do manual labour sometimes in the toughest conditions, from sulphur mines in Indonesia to tuna fishermen in Italy, from Eurotunnel workers to gold miners in Brazil. The text balances Salgado's determination to document the plight of workers with a concern to present a homage to people whose existences are becoming more threatened in our increasingly technological society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0714837180
• ISBN 13: 9780714837185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400