"Then and Now" - Photographs by Sebastiåo Salgado - Opening Reception with the Artist

SEBASTIÃO SALGADO EXHIBITION AT NEW DAVID BROWER CENTER 

A Selection of Iconic and Newly-Published Images by World-Renowned Brazilian Documentary Photographer
May 14, 2009 through January 2010
Reception with Artist on Thursday, May 14 from 6 – 9pm


WHAT: 

“Then and Now” - Photographs by Sebastiåo Salgado -- The inaugural exhibition at the David Brower Center’s Hazel Wolf Gallery. Designed and curated by Lélia Wanick Salgado, these 25 images tell the story of an era, tracing the human and environmental impacts of modern industrial civilization through the lives of workers, the rural poor and the displaced. Recent work investigates nature in its original state focusing on flora, fauna and human communities.
 
As a photographer, Salgado exposes injustice and captures the dignity common to all mankind. As an activist, his photography exemplifies art’s potential to inspire action.
 


WHEN:
Thursday, May 14, 2009 through January 31, 2010

Public Reception with Artist on Thursday, May 14 from 6 – 9pm
 


WHERE:
The Hazel Wolf Gallery in the new David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way (at Oxford), Berkeley
 


EVENTS:
Opening Reception with the Artist: Thursday, May 14 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Exhibit open on weekdays between 9am and 5pm from May 14, 2009 through January, 2010
 


ADMISSION:
The opening reception and exhibit are free to the public
 


CALL: Call 510-809-0900 for more information



ABOUT THE HAZEL WOLF GALLERY:
The stunning Hazel Wolf Gallery is located at street level of the new David Brower Center, set to open in May, 2009. The nonprofit David Brower Center is a vibrant place that inspires, sustains, and brings together people committed to environmental and social action. The Center offers educational and arts programs, stunning conference and event facilities, and high-quality office space for nonprofits -- all in the greenest building in Berkeley. It is named to honor David Brower, a Berkeley native who many consider the father of the modern environmental movement.
 


PHOTO INFO:
Worker on the canal construction site of Rajasthan, India, 1989 Photograph by Sebastiao Salgado / Amazonas images