Sebastião Salgado is a renowned Brazilian documentary photographer and photojournalist. Originally trained as an economist, he began his professional photography career in Paris in 1973, working with agencies such as Sygma, Gamma, and Magnum Photos. He is known for his 'militant photography,' which focuses on the human condition, documenting global issues including famine, forced migration, and manual labor. His work often features large-scale, evocative black-and-white imagery that captures the dignity of marginalized populations. In 1994, he co-founded Amazonas Images with his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, to manage his photographic projects and exhibitions worldwide.[1,2,3,4]
Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age1993 · Aperture · book · EnglishISBN 089381525xFirst published in 1993; includes introductory text and extended captions by Salgado.
Sahel. L’Homme en détresse1986 · book · French
Other Americas1986 · book
Terra1997 · book
Migrations2000 · book
The Children2000 · book
Africa2007 · book
Genesis2013 · book
The Scent of a Dream2015 · book
Kuwait. A Desert on Fire2016 · book
Gold2019 · book
Amazônia2021 · book
Exhibitions
1994Workers, An Archaeology of the Industrial Age: Photographs by Sebastiao SalgadoDallasgroup
Awards
2019Peace Prize of the German Book TradeGerman Publishers and Booksellers Association
2022Infinity Award in Lifetime AchievementInternational Center of Photography
