Anavilhanas – Islands in the Stream, the archipelago between 350 and 450 islands of every ilmaginable shape emerging from the dark waters of the Rio Negro. Photographs Dedicated to Indigenous Populations This talk took place earlier this year as part of Photo London’s Book Club live events, to coincide with the UK launch of Salgado’s ‘Amazônia’ book published by TASCHEN. Free for children up to 5 years, ICOM members with valid membership card, licensed tourist guides, persons accompanying disabled visitors, staff of the Special Projects Unit and Fabbrica del Vapore, accredited journalists with valid press card, 1 group accompanying person, teachers accompanying schools (2 per group), invitation coupon holders. La visita è accompagnata da una traccia audio composta appositamente per la mostra da Jean-Michel Jarre e ispirata ai suoni autentici della foresta, come il fruscio degli alberi, i versi degli animali, il canto degli uccelli o il fragore dell’acqua che cade a picco dalle montagne. The Science Museum is open Wednesday – Sunday from 10.00 until 18.00. During school holidays the museum is open seven days a week.

That riverboat journey was an attempt – doomed as it turned out – to find the source of one of Amazônia’s rivers, as well as a chance to take photographs of riverbanks that look like huge walls of trees. But to reach his ultimate destination, the communities who live deep in the forest, Salgado needed to navigate smaller streams in narrower boats. His book contains a shot of 10 or so small vessels moored at daybreak: dark and sharply focused, they stand out from the misty, featureless landscape behind, their seats catching the morning sun and shining silver. Whose are they?The exhibition is supported by Zurich Insurance Company Ltd (Principal Sponsor) and Natura &Co (Major Sponsor).

This exhibition contains nudity and content that some visitors might find challenging. EVENTS Protecting Rainforests: The Planet’s Great Protectors Questo ciclo naturale, che è sopravvissuto per milioni di anni, ora è in pericolo. La deforestazione sta accelerando, soprattutto ai margini della giungla, dove la presenza di strade ha attirato agricoltori, tagliatori di legna e minatori. Tale fenomeno si sta concentrando prevalentemente nei territori demaniali, mentre le foreste delle terre indigene e dei parchi nazionali sono per ora interessate in modo più marginale. Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is a global insurer with 55,000 employees and an aspiration to become one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. Zurich serves customers in more than 215 countries and territories, and provides products and services to protect individuals and businesses. Zurich was the first insurer to sign the UN Business Ambition Pledge to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C and is a founding member of the UN Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance and of the UN Net Zero Insurance Alliance. In 2020, Zurich became the exclusive sponsor of a biodiverse reforestation project in Brazil led by Instituto Terra, called the ‘Zurich Forest’ project. Furthermore, Zurich is the proud global sponsor of the Amaz ô nia Exhibition and Concerts. The Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1872. Further information is available at www.zurich.com . About Natura &Co: Mountains– Brazil also boasts mountain ranges, which feature peaks shrouded in mist and rainforest-covered lower slopes. Montagne– Il Brasile vanta anche catene montuose, con cime avvolte nella nebbia e pendii inferiori ricoperti dalla foresta pluviale.Instituto Terra was founded by the Salgados in 1998 on degraded land previously farmed by the family. Over twenty years, they have slowly regrown part of the Atlantic Forest. Visitors will see photographs documenting the reforesting they have achieved and hear from staff at the Instituto about their work. T he Instituto now provides a home for endangered species, raises millions of tree seedlings in its nursery every year, and trains young ecologists to help protect the region’s biodiversity for generations to come. With over 200 photographs the exhibition revolves around two themes: images of landscape settings, and of indigenous peoples. Salgado’s Landscape Photographs La mostra, in anteprima in Italia, con più di 200 opere ci immerge nell’universo della foresta mettendo insieme le impressionanti fotografie di Salgado con i suoni concreti della foresta. Il fruscio degli alberi, le grida degli animali, il canto degli uccelli o il fragore delle acque che scendono dalla cima delle montagne, raccolti in loco, compongono un paesaggio sonoro, creato da Jean-Michel Jarre. Salgado visitó a docenas de tribus indígenas que viven en comunidades repartidas por la mayor selva tropical del planeta. Documentó la vida cotidiana de los yanomamis, los asháninkas, los yawanawás, los suruwahás, los zo’és, los kuikuros, los waurás, los kamayurás, los korubos, los marubos, los awás y los macuxis: sus estrechos lazos familiares, cómo cazan y pescan, cómo preparan y comparten las comidas, su maravilloso talento a la hora de pintarse el rostro y el cuerpo, la importancia de sus chamanes, sus danzas y rituales. Un’area montuosa protetta dalla bellezza straordinaria è il Parque Estadual Serra do Aracá. Ubicato a circa 400 chilometri a nord di Manaus, la sua aspra morfologia è perlopiù frutto dei tepui ivi presenti e, sebbene raggiunga un’altezza massima di 1.700 metri, s’impone con forza nella giungla circostante. Nello stesso luogo si trovano anche le più alte cascate del Brasile, El Dorado e Desabamento, le cui acque precipitano per 360 metri lungo il versante spoglio di una montagna.