Terre des hommes(?): The Salt of the Earth

Accompaniyng short movie: The Art of Pollution
Guest of the evening: Milán Radisics photographer, director of The Art of Pollution

For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. 

Milán Radisics is a Hungarian photographer, Budapest based artist, designer and visual storyteller, a National Geographic contributor with 12 published stories in national editions of the magazine. His short motion picture essay The Art of Pollution (2020) has recevied numerous awards worldwide.

Aerial view and abstract presentation of different polluted sites across Europe. In order to meet the demand for raw materials, we make more subproducts and toxic waste than ever. For the growing we need copper, iron, concrete, plastic, ferilízers, power, to name a few. Producing all these sources contributes significantly to global warming and polluting our planet, called Home.

Director: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders