Sebastião Salgado's 'Amazônia' Opens at MAXXI Rome

Sebastião Salgado's exhibition 'Amazônia' has opened at the MAXXI museum in Rome, featuring over 200 high-contrast black-and-white photographs from nearly 50 expeditions across the Amazon rainforest. The show, curated by Lélia Wanick Salgado, includes a soundscape by Jean-Michel Jarre and runs until February 2022. Salgado and Lélia have self-financed the expeditions through sales of photographs and books, including a new volume by Contrasto. The exhibition covers 82% of the Amazon's healthy territory and depicts 12 indigenous tribes. Salgado is working to accredit indigenous members for the COP26 delegation in Glasgow, with support from Prince Albert of Monaco and Emmanuel Macron. MAXXI president Giovanna Melandri has called on Italy's Ministry of Ecological Transition and Roberto Cingolani to host a delegation of indigenous women at COP26. The museum previously hosted Salgado and Wim Wenders for 'The Salt of the Earth' in 2014.