When Nature Reigned: Salgado's 'Genesis' Recalls Earth as It Was

Sebastião Salgado's new series of photos, opening in New York in September, attempts to show what the world looked like before humans transformed it.

In the Upper Xingu region of Brazil’s Mato Grosso state, a group of Waura Indians fish in the Puilanga Lake near their village. Sebastião Salgado's "Genesis" exhibition opens in New York in September.Sebastião SALGADO / Amazonas