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The Sebastião Salgado. Gold Collector's Edition presents the complete black-and-white portfolio of Serra Pelada's open-air gold mine in grand-scale, museum-quality reproductions. Each copy in this numbered edition (No. 101–1,100) is personally signed by Sebastião Salgado, adding documentary and collectible significance to the volume. The photographs chronicle the lives of some 50,000 diggers working in extreme conditions, forming a substantial record of Brazil's gold rush history.
For a decade, Serra Pelada evoked the long-promised El Dorado as the world’s largest open-air gold mine, employing some 50,000 diggers in appalling conditions. Today, Brazil’s gold rush is merely the stuff of legend, kept alive by a few happy memories, many pained regrets—and Sebastião Salgado’s photographs. This signed edition gathers the complete black-and-white portfolio in impeccable, grand-scale, museum-quality reproductions.Collector’s Edition (No. 101–1,100), each numbered and signed by Sebastião Salgado
