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When Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana set off in search of cane trees in 1541, he had no idea that chance would lead him to the meanders of the world's largest river: the Amazon. Evangelization campaigns, road building, rubber fever, oil extraction and gold rushes: this river area has never ceased to be a crossroads for trade and to attract covetousness. By following in the footsteps of past expeditions and using discreet settings, this book reveals various facets of contemporary Amazonia and its peripheries. This domesticated universe, photographed by Yann Gross, quickly makes us forget the romantic clichés of forgotten lands or the good wild. The jungle is made of agglomeration, ghosts and reconstruction, and this visual wandering questions the broader notion of progress and development.
Published by ACTES SUD, 2016
17 cm x 22.5 cm, 224 pages, like new
ISBN 978-2-330-06829-5
When Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana set off in search of cane trees in 1541, he had no idea that chance would lead him to the meanders of the world's largest river: the Amazon. Evangelization campaigns, road building, rubber fever, oil extraction and gold rushes: this river area has never ceased to be a crossroads for trade and to attract covetousness. By following in the footsteps of past expeditions and using discreet settings, this book reveals various facets of contemporary Amazonia and its peripheries. This domesticated universe, photographed by Yann Gross, quickly makes us forget the romantic clichés of forgotten lands or the good wild. The jungle is made of agglomeration, ghosts and reconstruction, and this visual wandering questions the broader notion of progress and development.
Published by ACTES SUD, 2016
17 cm x 22.5 cm, 224 pages, like new
ISBN 978-2-330-06829-5
