“The Salt of the Earth” (2014) –Drawing with Light
Iguana Marina
Sebastiao Salgado, the renowned Brazilian sociopolitical photographer, is the subject of this emotionally harrowing documentary. The viewer witnesses photographs of heartbreaking gravity and human agony, both unprecedented and breathtaking. The 2014 Academy Award nominated The Salt of the Earth reveals Salgado’s masterpieces of portraiture, political journalism, landscape, and animals in a way that evokes strong feelings. A display of Ansel Adams this is not!
Perhaps the most startling experience in watching The Salt of the Earth is the beauty that is embedded in the tragic...