Sebastião Salgado

(Brazilian, born 1944)

Sebastião Salgado is a Brazilian photojournalist whose black-and-white prints capture natural environments and the people who inhabit them. He uses his images as a means of promoting preservation, as is the focus of his project GENESIS (2004–2011). Salgado’s documentation of unblemished landscapes, wildlife, and indigenous communities demonstrate how urgently the need is to protect these subjects. “What I want is the world to remember the problems and the people I photograph,” he said of his work. “What I want is to create a discussion about what is happening around the world and to provoke some debate with these pictures.” Born on February 8, 1944 in Aimorés, Brazil, the artist trained as an economist before turning to photography in 1973. Having worked at agencies Sygma, Gamma, and the famed Magnum Photos, he and his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, formed their own agency, Amazonas in 1994. In 2007, the artist’s book Sebastião Salgado: Africa, a collection of 30 years of his work capturing the African continent and its people, was released to critical acclaim. A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Salgado, currently lives and works in Paris, France.

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Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica),..., 2005

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Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica),..., 2005

Sale Date: May 18, 2018

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Herd of Buffalo, Kafue National Park, Zambia, 2010

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Herd of Buffalo, Kafue National Park, Zambia, 2010

Sale Date: May 18, 2018

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Confluence of the Colorado and Little..., 2010

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Confluence of the Colorado and Little..., 2010

Sale Date: April 26, 2018

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Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA, 2009

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Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA, 2009

Sale Date: April 26, 2018

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The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic , 2009

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The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic , 2009

Sale Date: April 26, 2018

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Churchgate Station, Bombay, India, 1995

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Churchgate Station, Bombay, India, 1995

Sale Date: May 17, 2018

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Serra Pelada, Figure Eight, Brazil

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Serra Pelada, Figure Eight, Brazil

Sale Date: April 19, 2018

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Serra Pelada, Gold Miners' Feet, Brazil

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Serra Pelada, Gold Miners' Feet, Brazil

Sale Date: April 19, 2018

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Coal Mining, Dhanbad, India, 1989

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Coal Mining, Dhanbad, India, 1989

Sale Date: April 9, 2018

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Macaroni Penguins in Zavodovski Island, The..., 2009

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Macaroni Penguins in Zavodovski Island, The..., 2009

Sale Date: January 30, 2018

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Refugees in the Korem Camp, Ethiopia, 1984

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Refugees in the Korem Camp, Ethiopia, 1984

Sale Date: December 14, 2017

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Cast of Thousands, Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986

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Cast of Thousands, Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986

Sale Date: December 1, 2017

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Ecuador, 1998

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Ecuador, 1998

Sale Date: November 12, 2017

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NAMIBIA, 2005

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NAMIBIA, 2005

Sale Date: November 13, 2017

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Serra Pelada, Cast of Thousands, 1986

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Serra Pelada, Cast of Thousands, 1986

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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Greater Buhrman Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991

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Greater Buhrman Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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Greater Buhrman Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991

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Greater Buhrman Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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Worker Resting, Great Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991

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Worker Resting, Great Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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First Communion, Brazil, 1981

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First Communion, Brazil, 1981

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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Macaroni Penguins in Zavodovski Island, The..., 2009

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Macaroni Penguins in Zavodovski Island, The..., 2009

Sale Date: November 2, 2017

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The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic , 2009

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The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic , 2009

Sale Date: November 2, 2017

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Kafue National Park, Zambia (Buffalo), 2010

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Kafue National Park, Zambia (Buffalo), 2010

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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A Himba group in Omurama, near the Zebra..., 2005

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A Himba group in Omurama, near the Zebra..., 2005

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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The population of the cattle camp of Keny..., 2001

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The population of the cattle camp of Keny..., 2001

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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