HANS SILVESTER - Lot 8

HANS SILVESTER TRIPTYQUE Signed, numbered 2/10 et daté 15.7.2013 Inkjet print mounted on Dibond 55 X 105 cm Gift of the artist From the 1980s onwards, Hans Silvester oriented his work towards environmental activism. He photographed all the natural parks in Europe, denounced the ravages of deforestation in the Amazon, published a long report on the Calavon River under the title "The Murdered River", and became interested in the exploitation of the forest in North America. He recently published a photographic testimony on the life of desert women and another on the peoples of the Omo Valley. Hans Silvester has recently published a book entitled "Pastorale Africaine", with a preface by Pierre Rabhi.