塞巴斯蒂昂•萨尔加多的大尺寸、用皮革装订的巨著《起源》是基于“给地球的一封情书”这一重大构思而诞生的，它赞美了处于最原始和最珍贵状态下的地球。萨尔加多用他特有的单一色调表现了自然、动物和当地的人们等令人赞叹的场景。在此之前，这些场景从未在现代世界中留下印记。

艺术版（No. 301–400）配有一个安藤忠雄设计的读书架和2004年在厄瓜多尔的加拉帕戈斯省拍摄的一张海鬣蜥照片，上面有塞巴斯蒂昂•萨尔加多的亲笔签名。

Sebastião Salgado’s spectacular SUMO-sized, leather-bound Genesis is conceived as a monumental “love letter to the planet,” celebrating the Earth in its most pristine and precious state. In characteristic monochrome, Salgado captures sublime scenes of nature, animals, and indigenous peoples that have so far escaped the imprint of the modern world.

Art Edition (No. 301–400), with a Tadao Ando bookstand and the print Marine Iguana, Galápagos, Ecuador (2004), signed by Sebastião Salgado