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When Francisco de Orellana, a Spanish conquistador, set out in search of cinnamon trees in 1541, he had no idea that chance would lead him into the meandering waters of the world’s largest river: the Amazon. Evangelization campaigns, road construction, the rubber boom, oil extraction, and the gold rush: this river basin has always been a crossroads of trade and a magnet for greed. By retracing the footsteps of past expeditions and through subtle staging, this book reveals various facets of contemporary Amazonia and its outskirts. This domesticated world, photographed by Yann Gross, quickly dispels the romantic clichés of forgotten lands or the noble savage. The jungle is made up of agglomerations, ghosts, and reconstruction, and this visual journey more broadly questions the 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 Francisco de Orellana, a Spanish conquistador, set out in search of cinnamon trees in 1541, he had no idea that chance would lead him into the meandering waters of the world’s largest river: the Amazon. Evangelization campaigns, road construction, the rubber boom, oil extraction, and the gold rush: this river basin has always been a crossroads of trade and a magnet for greed. By retracing the footsteps of past expeditions and through subtle staging, this book reveals various facets of contemporary Amazonia and its outskirts. This domesticated world, photographed by Yann Gross, quickly dispels the romantic clichés of forgotten lands or the noble savage. The jungle is made up of agglomerations, ghosts, and reconstruction, and this visual journey more broadly questions the 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
