Photographer
Sebastiao Salgado
- Birth Year1944
- NationalityBrazilian
Biography
Sebastião Salgado (b. 1944, Brazil) is a Brazilian photographer and photojournalist known for his powerful black-and-white documentary work addressing global issues such as labor, migration, and the environment. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential photographers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Trained as an economist before turning to photography, Salgado approaches his subjects with a long-term, research-driven methodology. His major projects, including Workers, Migrations, and Genesis, are characterized by monumental scale, formal beauty, and a deep engagement with social and environmental themes.
His photobooks are considered landmarks in documentary photography, combining striking imagery with ambitious narrative scope. For collectors, Salgado’s work is valued for its visual impact, humanistic perspective, and its enduring significance in global photographic discourse.
Photobooks
Sebastião Salgado: Glaciers
Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado. Workers. An Archaeology of the Industrial Age
Sebastião Salgado. Genesis
Sebastião Salgado. Amazônia
Sebastião Salgado. Gold
Sebastião Salgado. Kuwait. A Desert on Fire
Exodus
Sebastião Salgado. Kuwait. A Desert on Fire
Other Americas
Scent of a Dream
From My Land to the Planet
Genesis
Sebastião Salgado: Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age
Sahel: The End of the Road
Sahel
Terra: Struggle of the Landless
Migrations
The Children
Workers
Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age
An Uncertain Grace