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Sebastião Salgado

Overview

Sebastião Salgado studied economics and began his career as a professional photographer in 1973 in Paris and is one of the most celebrated photographers in the world today . After working with the photo agencies Sygma, Gamma, and Magnum Photos until 1994, he and his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, formed Amazonas Images. He has travelled and photographed in over 120 countries world-wide. Ha work is presented in innumerable books, including Other Americas (1986), Sahel: l’homme en détresse (1986), Sahel: el fin del camino (1988), Workers (1993), Terra (1997), Migrations and Portraits (2000), Africa (2007) and Genesis, an epic project lasting from 2004 to 2011, documenting the world’s unspoilt wildernesses. Touring exhibitions of this work have been, and continue to be, presented throughout the world. Salgado has been awarded numerous major photographic prizes in recognition of his accomplishments and his work is held in major museum collections worldwide.

Featured Exhibitions

  • Collected Works: 20th Anniversary Exhibition

    07/03 — 26/04/14

  • GOLD: Sebastião Salgado

    12/11 — 07/01/19

  • 25 YEARS OF ATLAS GALLERY

    12/07 — 14/09/19

Sebastião Salgado
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Sebastião Salgado

Iceberg Between the Paulet Islands and the Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2005
Gelatin Silver Print

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Sebastião Salgado
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Sebastião Salgado

La Mine d’or de Serra Pelada, Etat de Para, Brésil, 1986
Gelatin Silver Print

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Sebastião Salgado
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Sebastião Salgado

Serra Pelada Gold Mine, Brazil, 1986
Gelatin Silver Print

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Sebastião Salgado
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Sebastião Salgado


Greater Burhan Oil Field, 1991
Gelatin Silver Print

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Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado

The Whales, Patagonia, Argentina, 2004 (4)*
Gelatin Silver Print

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Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado

Dinka Group at Pagarau Cattle Camp, Southern Sudan, 2006
Gelatin Silver Print

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Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado

South Sandwich Islands, 2009
Gelatin Silver Print

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Sebastião Salgado
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Sebastião Salgado

Greater Burhan Oil Field (capping well head), 1991
Gelatin Silver Print

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Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado

Namibia, 2005
Gelatin Silver Print

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Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado

Galapagos, Ecuador, 2004 (5)
Gelatin Silver Print

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Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado

Galapagos, Ecuador, 2004 (1)
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