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About Sebastião Salgado

Birth

1944

Death

2025

First book

1973

Years writing

52

Biography

Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior was a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist.

Sebastião Salgado began his professional career training as an economist before dedicating himself fully to photography.

His most iconic work, Workers, captures the essence and hardship of human labor in various parts of the world.

Beyond the camera, Salgado stood out for his firm commitment as an environmentalist, especially in the preservation of the Amazon.

Throughout his prolific career, he published a total of 32 works exploring documentary and artistic photography.

Born in Aimorés, Brazil, this renowned artist developed much of his career holding dual Brazilian and French citizenship.