Sebastião Salgado Brazilian, b. 1944
Nenets, Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia, 2011
Gelatin silver print
Signed in pencil on sheet verso
The larger sledges are driven by the women, with as many as 10 sledges forming a long caravan. The men drive smaller sledges since they go faster: it is the...
The larger sledges are driven by the women, with as many as 10 sledges forming a long caravan. The men drive smaller sledges since they go faster: it is the men’s job to regroup the herd around the camp each morning and, often with the help of dogs, to keep the reindeer moving in a single direction throughout the day.