Looking Back at You (1993)

Looks at the work of Brazilian photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado (b.1944). In his monumental photo-essay, Workers, Salgado’s dominant theme is the displacement of manual labor by technological advances. He documents the effects of this new industrial revolution on laborers in Eastern Europe, Cuba, Gdansk, Brazil, India, Sicily, and Bangladesh. Includes archival footage of Salgado’s life and commentary by artists, photographers, critics, and writers such as Jorge Armado, Robert Delpire, Jimmy Fox, and Arthur Miller.

Released Oct. 12, 1993 51 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-movie, imdb.photojournalist, imdb.brazil, imdb.sicily-italy, imdb.steel, imdb.photographer, imdb.working-class + 9 more, imdb.india, imdb.europe, imdb.cuba, imdb.bangladesh, imdb.labor, imdb.unemployment, imdb.gdansk-poland, imdb.photography, imdb.mining