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Sebastião Salgado
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Sebastião Salgado

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Long-form photographic projects about labour, migration and the natural world.

Workers · Genesis

Born
8 February 1944
Birthplace
Aimorés
Died
23 May 2025

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Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian documentary photographer whose black-and-white images appeared in exhibitions and books worldwide.

Early life

Economics

Grew up in Brazil and trained as an economist before work-related travel drew him toward photography.

Career

  1. 1973

    Photography

    Left economics to become a photographer.

  2. 1979

    Magnum

    Joined the cooperative agency.

  3. 1994

    Amazonas Images

    Founded his own agency with Lélia Wanick Salgado.

Selected work

Workers

Documented manual labour around the world.

Genesis

Photographed landscapes, wildlife and communities.

Beyond work

Family

Married Lélia Wanick Salgado and had two children, including filmmaker Juliano.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil. CC BY 3.0 br · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.