About The Work
In Fortress of Solitude Sebastião Salgado captures the sheer magnificence of the natural world on his voyage to Antarctica. Traveling for days to find this unique iceberg, Salgado considers the work to be his first true photograph of the journey and parallels its structure to that of a medieval castle. As with all of the artist's works, the photograph is shot with black-and-white film and resonates with Salgado's adherence to simplicity.
The work is from the series Genesis, a project sponsored by the United Nations, the United Nations Environmental Project, UNESCO, and the Guardian News. Started in 2004, Genesis is Salgado's eight-year mission to document environments and communities around the world in their pure, unindustrialized state.
About Sebastião Salgado
From The Magazine
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- Art 101: How to Start an Amazing Black-and-White Photography Collection
- Interviews & Features: 10 of the Best Artworks at Art Basel 2016
- Interviews & Features: How to Understand Sebastião Salgado's Exquisite—and Harrowing—Photographs of Nature's Splendor
Photograph
Gelatin silver print.
24.00 x 35.00 in
61.0 x 88.9 cm
This work is signed, titled, and dated by the artist in pencil on the print verso and includes blind stamp directly beneath the image.
About The Work
In Fortress of Solitude Sebastião Salgado captures the sheer magnificence of the natural world on his voyage to Antarctica. Traveling for days to find this unique iceberg, Salgado considers the work to be his first true photograph of the journey and parallels its structure to that of a medieval castle. As with all of the artist's works, the photograph is shot with black-and-white film and resonates with Salgado's adherence to simplicity.
The work is from the series Genesis, a project sponsored by the United Nations, the United Nations Environmental Project, UNESCO, and the Guardian News. Started in 2004, Genesis is Salgado's eight-year mission to document environments and communities around the world in their pure, unindustrialized state.
About Sebastião Salgado
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: The Artspace Group Show: Money
- Interviews & Features: Seven Magnum Photobooks That Changed Photography by Making Art Out of Life
- Art 101: How to Start an Amazing Black-and-White Photography Collection
- Interviews & Features: 10 of the Best Artworks at Art Basel 2016
- Interviews & Features: How to Understand Sebastião Salgado's Exquisite—and Harrowing—Photographs of Nature's Splendor
This is an open edition and is printed on demand.
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