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.
Lélia Wanick Salgado studied architecture and urban planning in
Paris. Her interest in photography started in 1970. In the 1980s,
she began to conceive and design the majority of Sebastião
Salgado’s photography books and all of the exhibitions of his
work.
Sebastião 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 Lélia
Wanick Salgado created Amazonas Images, which is today their
studio, and exclusively handles his work. Salgado’s photographic
projects have been featured in many exhibitions as well as books,
including Sahel. L’Homme en détresse (1986), Other Americas (1986),
Terra (1997), Migrations (2000), The Children (2000), Africa
(2007), Genesis (2013), The Scent of a Dream (2015), Kuwait. A
Desert on Fire (2016), Gold (2019) and Amazônia (2021).
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