This poem was inspired by the great Sebastião Salgado photo exhibition – Genesis – http://www.expogenesis.pt/

Wim Wenders in collaboration with Salgado made a wonderfulful documentary – https://youtu.be/dpPqvIyh98g

Genesis
Admirable photos from untouched nature,
the last eden on earth, the raw uncut
unadulterated,  original birth,
creation of earth, lost civilization,
reminding genesis, virgin lands,
life in the margin, beyond imagination.
Black and white, shades of grey,
Salgado, the human and social artist,
turning to nature.
From Madagascar, a tropical forest
surviving species sing in chorus,
the big eyes of the lemur in awe.
A floating piece of island with  baobab trees,
as a space ship, a secret in the breeze,
a light in the horizon, a long trip.
From Patagonia,  iceberg sculptures bending,
across Siberia and Alaska, native cultures,
extensions of neverending ice,
long story unfolding, a fifth dimension.
Amazonia recovering forest,
Terra foundation, Salgado contribution,
ode to nature,
legacy for future generations.
Primitive tribes, indian rituals,
how to describe?
Bosquimanes in Africa,
natives in Papua New Guinea,
creative stone instruments.
Body painting, scarification,
embossed scars for beauty,
virilization,
extravagant wigs and masks,
bones trespassing ears and noses.
From Galapagos, an iguana hand,
like armoured knight, in a desert land,
confirming Darwin species theory,
the same origin cell to begin.
Waving desert dunes
extending to the horizon,
suprematism art of clear lines,
sharp cut of sun and shadow.
Thirty years of travel art,
exhibition for posterity.