Today, with the prosperity and sharing of technological achievements, it is very easy to have your own camera, and you can take pictures by pressing the shutter, but it is very difficult to become a photographer. I recently watched two documentaries about photographers, which were interesting and worth recommending.
Let's talk about this "Salt of the Earth": Thirty years ago, photographer Sebastian Salgado from Brazil took black and white photos of tens of thousands of people panning for gold in the Serra Pelada gold mine. Photographers engaged in conflict-themed photography have experienced the suffering of walking in Latin America, the oil field fire ignited by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, the massacre in Rwanda, Ethiopian refugees, the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina…
The black and white photos silently describe the disasters and absurdities created by human beings. In 1997, Sebastian Salgado arrived in Rwanda for the third time to shoot the project. After entering the Congo jungle where the Tutsi were hiding and witnessing tens of thousands of refugees being driven from the east and west but still unable to escape the fate of death, Sebastian finally chose to be bored and escape from the suffering itself. He and his family returned to the hometown of Amores where he grew up, facing the barren mountains and mountains, and following his wife's advice - planting trees.
Ten years later, when two million saplings re-covered the barren estates of Amores into lush green forests, Sebastian Salgado picked up his camera again. Now, the vivid colors of polar bears, sea lions, walruses, whales, seagulls, crocodiles in his shots have become black and white photos that replace corpses, starvation, refugees, and sadness. Through the rural construction practice of photographer Sebastian Salgado in his later years, this world, which had been slashed by thousands of swords under his own lens, recreated another beautiful "Genesis". Everything is like a fairy tale.
Facts have proved that it is possible for human beings to create a dream paradise where they can live happily and live in harmony with all things in nature.
It is worth mentioning that Sebastian Salgado majored in economics when he was young. When he was studying, he met his wife (Leila Salgado) who fell in love with him at first sight and supported his photography work wholeheartedly. They left Brazil after their marriage, and Sebastian Salgado got into photography...
"The Salt of the Earth" is 110 minutes long and directed by German director Wim Wenders. It was produced in 2014 and won the "Un Certain Regard" Special Award at the 67th Cannes Film Festival; Best Documentary Length at the 87th Academy Awards film (nominated), etc.
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