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AMAZON - An exhibition in aid of Sky Rainforest Rescue
By PA News Team
Event news
31 October 2011 08:00
Somerset House is proud to present ‘AMAZON’, an exhibition in aid of Sky Rainforest Rescue, featuring two award-winning photographers Sebastião Salgado and Per Anders Petterrson – to highlight the plight of the Amazonian rainforest and the people living within it.
The exhibition will bring together two remarkable, distinct bodies of photography featuring previously unseen images. It will showcase the efforts of Sky Rainforest Rescue, a three year partnership between Sky and World Wildlife Fund, that begun in 2009 and aims to help save one billion trees in the state of Acre, North-West Brazil.
Legendary Brazilian photographer, Sebastião Salgado will exclusively present work from his ongoing photographic essay ‘Genesis’ that began in 2004 and is due to reach completion in 2012. The images portray landscapes in their most pristine state, and the communities still living in them, according to ancient traditions in balance with nature. Through these epic and evocative images, visitors to the exhibition are taken on a journey through environments, which remain intact despite the enormous human destruction taking place daily in the region.
Renowned documentary photographer Pers Anders Pettersson presents photographs from a recent visit to Acre with actress Gemma Arterton, to support Sky Rainforest Rescue. These images illustrate the stark reality and level of devastation caused by deforestation - and gives an insight into the progress being made through Sky Rainforest Rescue, working closely with the Acre State Government to protect this precious part of the world.
INFORMATION
Dates: 2 November 2011 – 4 December 2011
Opening hours: daily from 10.00 to 18.00
Location: East Wing Galleries, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2
Admission: Free
Address: Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA