"This is a film about a photographer's life...". In all kinds of life, everyone will earnestly complete their busy life. When taking oneself as the protagonist, some people can tell their whole life in just a few words. It is not that the language is boring and repetitive, but the personal poetic and existential meaning extracted by a person taking oneself as the outline, always sober. . This is the story of a photographer in Salt of the Earth. Sebastian Salgado is a photographer, and his stories are stories of what he sees. From the perspective of a bystander, he locks what he sees and hears into black and white photos, one by one, telling these impactful and real things that are far from his own life. Adam Smith said: The foundation of all human wealth is the selfish desire to increase personal profit. The first photo is of a man-made sinkhole at the Serra Pelada gold mine in Brazil. Salgado said that he stood here, although only for a few seconds, but felt that the scene before him contained the entire history of mankind. This man-made sinkhole is full of densely packed people, and the base number is at least 50,000 people. There is only a simple rope ladder as a means of transportation from the bottom of the pit to the ground. When one person falls, dozens of people will be thrown into the pit. This terrifying multi-bone nomie effect did not affect anyone present. What's even more shocking is that they were not slaves. They come from all walks of life, there are intellectuals, college graduates, farmers, people working in cities... It's all voluntary, and the gold mines have turned everyone into dusty 'slaves'. And what is the history of human beings mentioned by Saldoga? As far as modern history is concerned, if it were not for the desire of human beings for wealth, Columbus would not have arrived in the Americas, the Opium War would not have happened, and colonialism would not have arisen... So Salgado said that he stood here, although only for a few seconds, but felt that the scene before him contained the entire history of mankind. Saldo loves human beings, so he analyzes human beings, and the Serra Pelada gold mine in Brazil reflects the fundamentals of disintegration and stripping within human beings, and is the basis for the promotion of an individual human journey. Humans are the salt of the earth. Sebastian Before Saldoga became a photographer, he was a gold-collar economics major, living a prosperous life and having a happy family. By chance, he came into contact with his first camera, and the first photo he took was of his wife Lilia, the most important person in his life. Taking pictures of his life one after another, he gradually discovered what his heart wanted. In 1973, with the support of his wife, he quit his high-paying career to become a life-swinging young photographer. Even now, such a decision is a bold one, an act without consequences. But now, too, Saldoga has proven to the world that he was right. Now he is a giant in the photography world. Rather than saying that he is a photographer, it is better to say that he is an explorer. The camera in his hand is like his diary, recording what he has done and what he feels. Yes, when he looked at the photos he took, his eyes were fluid and sparkling. Although he was slowly telling the story behind the photos with his mouth, I seemed to see the words coming from his eyes. From 1973 to 2011, from Niger to Indonesia, his footprints are covered with 'another America', 'another Brazil'... those places are tribal, are globalized Abandoned places, all he did was photograph them and respect their culture without leaving a trace. He went to Africa again. In Africa in 1984, famine was the most terrifying god of death, and infectious diseases were rampant. There are dead bodies all over the place. One photo after another, Saldoga is calm. And when I saw the photo, I was shocked. That's what Saldoga's filming is about, to see what's happening on another planet, but it's real life. Let's feel what he feels. Let's discover our emotions. He went to Iraq, Egypt... He said that humans are terrible animals, and this is an endless story, a story of oppression. He left there saying that he too was ill, very ill. His soul is sick. His love for mankind has always been and never changed. But what he saw left him helpless. Because the hand holding the camera is calm, and the heart against the camera is calm. But putting down his camera, he couldn't bear the suffering, the suffering of people on 'another planet'. He said you would feel that the whole earth is full of refugee tents. He said that he didn't know how many times he put down his camera and burst into tears. Saldoga saw the center of darkness. When he got home, he felt that something was missing from his heart. He looked at the barren land around his home and planted a tree with his wife. They planted a forest, two million A tree healed his sickness, his despair. Another kind of sustenance for life... He finally picked up the camera again, and he went to the original area that was not destroyed. He continued his photography without leaving any traces. The documentary is over, "Salt of the Earth" uses Sebastian Saldoga's works as a carrier, telling everything about human beings in all corners of the world in that era. But he has always loved human beings, and his love is clear in his heart, just as he resolutely resigned from a stable life back then and ran into the unknown without any scruples. While the humans in the photo are suffering, the humans outside the photo create suffering. It's all in real form...
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