Sebastiao Salgado
Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado is one of the most
respected photojournalists working today.
Sebastiao Ribeiro Salgado was born in Brazil on February 8, 1944,
in a small town, Aimorés, in the state of Minas Gerais. Educated
as an economist, Mr. Salgado, 57, began his photography career in
1973. He has dedicated his working life to chronicling the lives of
the world's dispossessed, a work that has filled ten books and
many exhibitions and for which he has won numerous awards in
Europe and in the Americas.
Working entirely in a black-and-white format, Mr. Salgado's
respect for his subjects and his abililty to to draw out the larger
meaning of what is happening to them, has created an imagery
that testifies to the fundamental dignity of all humanity while
simultaneously protesting its violation by war, poverty and other
injustices.
Over the years Mr. Salgado has collaborated generously with
international humanitarian organizations including UNICEF, the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees
(UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), Medecins Sans
Frontières and Amnesty International.
Sebastião Salgado
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