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Serra Pelada was a large gold mine in Brazil, 430 kilometres (270 mi) south of the mouth of the Amazon River. The mine was made infamous by the still images taken by Alfredo Jaar and later by Sebastião Salgado and the first section of Godfrey Reggio's 1988 documentary Powaqqatsi, showing an anthill of workers moving vast amounts of ore by hand
His most famous pictures are of a gold mine in Brazil called Serra Pelada, taken between 1986 and 1989. [11] He has also been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2001. [12] Between 2004 and 2011, Salgado worked on Genesis, aiming at the presentation of the unblemished faces of nature and humanity. It consists of a series of photographs of ...
A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of a truck full of bodies recently found in Mexico. Screenshot from X Verdict: False The video is from 2018. Fact Check: Mexican Drug ...
Numerous examples of Sebastião Salgado's photographs, which explore natural environments and the humans who inhabit them, are featured in the film, [11] with Salgado providing commentary on the circumstances surrounding their creation. His black and white photographs illuminate how the environment and humans are exploited to maximize profit ...
They will face charges of illegal mining and trespassing. Authorities seized gold, explosives, firearms and more than $2 million in cash from the miners. Video from underground. One of the civic groups representing the miners released two videos over the weekend showing what it said were the dire conditions underground.
Video shared by Mbangula and seen by CNN shows multiple bodies wrapped in plastic in the mine, located around 97 miles (156 kilometers) southwest of Johannesburg.
South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether anyone was left in an illegal gold mine deep underground where at least 78 people died during a police siege, in ...
In 1848, during a routine expedition to carry gold back to Mexico, the large party was ambushed by Apaches, and all were killed except for a few Peralta family members who escaped. According to the legend, the Apaches buried the gold and covered the mine. However, according to historian Robert Blair, the Peralta massacre never occurred. [1]