Sebastião Salgado Brazilian, b. 1944
Nenets, Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia, 2011
Gelatin silver print
20 x 24" matted to 24 x 30"
Signed in pencil on sheet verso
At the end of the day, after leading the herd north across the Yamal peninsula towards the Kara Sea on the Arctic Ocean, the Nenets set up their tent, or...
At the end of the day, after leading the herd north across the Yamal peninsula towards the Kara Sea on the Arctic Ocean, the Nenets set up their tent, or tchoum. They first put all their belongings in a circle on the ground, around which they place wooden supports covered with reindeer skins.