ALSO AVAILABLEa film by PAUL CARLIN
THE SPECTRE | GENESIS OF THE FILM
OF HOPE |
with SEBASTIAO SALGADO
‘and JOHN BERGER.omincd by machines. Who on aor, | wondered, wos the
mon who coud combine sch rong of tents inetd
Wel I wold nd cu Iw bc cain tht wont 2
rode the fin Tn suggested. The chalenge af making moving
image ut of il phlographs was snply on added ince fo
(work which | wos corn wuld lumina te condition of ot
es. Anda | want to Paris where Salgado bated ond wha,
wth hs Ul, he hos contrced a hi Amazons Im
‘get — that lows him io undeike his emarkbla werk. My
ris this huge orchive cum sles ogarcy was one ofthe
mos ening days of my le showed ma the aol of he
fro on which Slgado had embarked — to rock he move
rns of peoples con Bie continents onging hom Ruan Jw
moving othe Unied Stole onlespeotns loving the coun
ty forthe iy tn America in Alice, in i, Wo showed
ine the metuovs core with whch th phtogrphs ware do:
rested and stored. Filly it gave me a chance a undernd he
tna, Selgod had sed hi profesor Ife oto development
coromistwerkingn Abc, Hirt eamerahod bean hs wil’
lo wor on architect ond need one forhe work eb ie
Salgado became cbuezed wih he pssiiies lhe camera at
he baconedasoned wih the forms of Third World develo
ret Hi dream wos oreo the changes in he worl hat is
od ob hod made hm aloo oware of. ia, ower, he hod
‘ors ing nd in Parise bacame @poporars, cating pho
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rom ie urderod ha Salgado wat a gta! phous.
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seria of tomers tine bt acre’ try Fo
thot be nseded o at enough money ae hima fom he
donords of nempapers cod cllow tno nigra fo beck od
tel leer, Te sgl moa porta cae cor
tnd raw core came on 30h March 1981 ofthe Hin
Hot in Westinglon. Salgado wos there o cover 2 macing of
the AFLCIO thot war to be addrensed by Ronald Reagon, By 0
chance that he hs never been abla to exploin he opened doar
Teoding ut of the bling ond found h
world — ondtery Jon Hinctleyt owosinct Presiden Reopen. Solas
fred of
the echology of developing photograph, odd otf he od
real worldwide sop, He had ond he hus began the proce
alt eet ee
cnet to cron he werd. Matos wes eos the biggest
he hed undertaken and rom ta first doy n Salgad's sud |
camera bu hen had wot several hur, uch wos
aly imprint projet hat
ws dtr finda way o prods fn ves,
We red of wih th ids of tying ond some fonl way
to lnk he photographs ogear but we couldn even convince
‘thes lt clone ober de end cir coal ax owe |
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sk of gos | rng vp John Berg. Berger
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has s0 many dive i
capone, fia came
book The Seventh Man, «bok ht ted word and photographs
to aach he eso mmgron workers in Ero, hares ond
nero were very loses Salgodss rojo The bok ad sich
sn impac on meta hod sbrequy red everyhing that he
3! nll his Booker prizewaring novel G ond
hi groundbreaking ons of noges Ways of Sing. Mere
Inpointy hed geeduced en yoo ear a lm tht he had
‘writen ondin which he peromad cle Ploy Me Something. A
the cena tor ba bee ld with photographs,
8 lo ebou! Jan's genres nd th impotence tat he
ond lars he
him oo side! whan | 160d hi
ch he action tthe ln wos shat in moving images,
2: ofiendship that he responded my oer desparale
calor lp Ye, he dd dite Salgod'phoographs
thought af making aim fom sil mages wore fethang chat
lenge. Bit dhe hve the tne and, perhaps more inert,
wet thee relly on ideo that woud work The fist sp wot
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