"You know, everything in this life passes at an incredible speed. I didn’t see the time go by," Salgado said, upon opening the exhibition at the Franciscaines cultural centre. "I’ve done a lot of things, I’ve travelled, I’ve captured images.
And this morning, when I arrived here, I felt a summary of my life and it moved me deeply." The photographer , who has spent much of his life in Paris and in 2019 was given a place in France's prestigious institution for artists, the Academy of Fine Arts, explained that he was feeling "a bit battered" due to medical reasons. "The happiest day of my life was when I turned 80.
I've lost so many friends. We were all together in Goma [Democratic Republic of Congo] for four years, four photographers were murdered, and I was there. So being alive at 80 is an immense privilege.
" For this exhibition, supported by the Maison Européenne de la Photographie ( MEP ), Salgado took part in selecting the photos, which are being displayed in smaller formats to offer a better vision of his work. It is a body of work spanning more than 40 years, in which he travelled to all corners of the world, capturing themes as diverse as the precarious nature of manual labour amid the transformation of the industrial world – as seen in "The Hand of Man" – and human migration, as seen in "Exodus". Dennis Morris: the iconic lens behind Bob Marley and punk rock takes centre stage in Paris 'An immense universe' "As a photographer, we ask ourselves questions [.
