Biraci Brasil (Nishiwaká), leader of the Yawanawá of the Upper Rio Gregório (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
$11,000
Brazil
• 1944
Biography
Born in 1944, Sebastião Salgado is a Brazilian photojournalist and social documentary photographer. Celebrated for his black-and-white photographs that capture pristine landscapes and indigenous communities, Salgado utilizes his art to encourage environmental preservation and the coexistence of humanity and nature.
Salgado originally worked as an economist, having received his PhD from the University of Paris. Following numerous trips to Africa, he became interested in photography, switching career paths in 1973.
Salgado's uncompromising photographs have earned him international recognition. He has received honors from Brazil, Monaco and France. In 2021, he was awarded the Praemium Imperiale by the Japanese Art Association.
In addition to his artistic pursuits, Salgado is an active environmental campaigner. He has successfully turned 17 000 acres of the Amazonian rainforest into a nature reserve. Salgado has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2001.
Biraci Brasil (Nishiwaká), leader of the Yawanawá of the Upper Rio Gregório (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$10,000
Biraci Brasil (Nishiwaká), leader of the Yawanawá of the Upper Rio Gregório (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 cm Photography - 11 x 14 inch
$9,500
Eliane, from the Yawanawá tribe, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 cm Photography - 24 x 35 inch
$18,500
Eliane, from the Yawanawá tribe, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
$11,000
Eliane, from the Yawanawá tribe, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$10,000
Eliane, from the Yawanawá tribe, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 cm Photography - 11 x 14 inch
$9,500
Kamayurá pajés (shamans). Xingu Indigenous Territory, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 cm Photography - 24 x 35 inch
$18,500
Kamayurá pajés (shamans). Xingu Indigenous Territory, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
$11,000
Kamayurá pajés (shamans). Xingu Indigenous Territory, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$10,000
Kamayurá pajés (shamans). Xingu Indigenous Territory, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 cm Photography - 11 x 14 inch
$9,500
Keiá Yawanawa, a young Yawanawá shaman (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 cm Photography - 24 x 35 inch
$18,500
Keiá Yawanawa, a young Yawanawá shaman (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
$11,000
Keiá Yawanawa, a young Yawanawá shaman (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$10,000
Keiá Yawanawa, a young Yawanawá shaman (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 cm Photography - 11 x 14 inch
$9,500
Josane and Aldeni, Residents of Communities in the Demini River Region, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 cm Photography - 24 x 35 inch
$18,500
Josane and Aldeni, Residents of Communities in the Demini River Region, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
$11,000
Josane and Aldeni, Residents of Communities in the Demini River Region, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$10,000
Josane and Aldeni, Residents of Communities in the Demini River Region, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 cm Photography - 11 x 14 inch
$9,500
Luísa, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (XL) (3)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 88.9 x 61 cm Photography - 35 x 24 inch
$18,500
Luísa, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 50.8 cm Photography - 24 x 20 inch
$11,000
Luísa, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 inch
$10,000
Luísa, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 cm Photography - 14 x 11 inch
$9,500
Cousins Hahani, Tiniru, and Ugunja, Suruwahá Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 cm Photography - 24 x 35 inch
$18,500
Cousins Hahani, Tiniru, and Ugunja, Suruwahá Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
$11,000
Cousins Hahani, Tiniru, and Ugunja, Suruwahá Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$10,000
Cousins Hahani, Tiniru, and Ugunja, Suruwahá Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 cm Photography - 11 x 14 inch
$9,500
Manda Yawanawá, from the Village of Escondido, Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 cm Photography - 24 x 35 inch
$18,500
Manda Yawanawá, from the Village of Escondido, Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
$11,000
Manda Yawanawá, from the Village of Escondido, Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$10,000
Adão Yawanawá in a Headdress of Eagle Feathers, Village of Nova Esperança Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 61 cm Photography - 20 x 24 inch
$11,000
Adão Yawanawá in a Headdress of Eagle Feathers, Village of Nova Esperança Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$10,000
Adão Yawanawá in a Headdress of Eagle Feathers, Village of Nova Esperança Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 cm Photography - 11 x 14 inch
$9,500
Girls Yara, Kamorishi, Bianca, and Ana Shina Asháninka Play at Checking Each Other’s Hair for Lice. Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 cm Photography - 24 x 35 inch
$18,500
Girls Yara, Kamorishi, Bianca, and Ana Shina Asháninka Play at Checking Each Other’s Hair for Lice. Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$11,000
Girls Yara, Kamorishi, Bianca, and Ana Shina Asháninka Play at Checking Each Other’s Hair for Lice. Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$10,000
Girls Yara, Kamorishi, Bianca, and Ana Shina Asháninka Play at Checking Each Other’s Hair for Lice. Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 cm Photography - 11 x 14 inch
$9,500
Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 88.9 x 61 cm Photography - 35 x 24 inch
$18,500
Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 50.8 cm Photography - 24 x 20 inch
$11,000
Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 inch
$10,000
Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 cm Photography - 14 x 11 inch
$9,500
Mutum Village, Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 35 x 1 inch
$18,500
Mutum Village, Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 2.5 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 1 inch
$11,000
Shaman Ângelo Barcelos, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 35 x 1 inch
$18,500
Shaman Ângelo Barcelos, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 2.5 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 1 inch
$11,000
Shaman Ângelo Barcelos, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 1 inch
$10,000
Shaman Ângelo Barcelos, Yanomami Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 1 inch
$9,500
Hunting Encampment, Ituí River, Valley of Javari Indigenous Territory, State of Amazonas, Brazil (XL) (3)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 61 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 35 x 1 inch
$22,000
Moramba bay, Madagascar (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.1 x 50 cm Photography - 15.8 x 19.7 inch
$10,000
St Andrews Bays, South Georgia (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 30 x 40.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.8 inch
$9,500
St Andrews Bays, South Georgia (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 59.9 x 89.9 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$18,500
St Andrews Bays, South Georgia (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50 x 59.9 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$11,000
St Andrews Bays, South Georgia (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.1 x 50 cm Photography - 15.8 x 19.7 inch
$10,000
Jason Islands, Falkland Islands (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 59.9 x 89.9 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$18,500
Jason Islands, Falkland Islands (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50 x 59.9 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$11,000
Jason Islands, Falkland Islands (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 40.1 x 50 cm Photography - 15.8 x 19.7 inch
$10,000
Jason Islands, Falkland Islands (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 30 x 40.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.8 inch
$9,500
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil (XL)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 59.9 x 89.9 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$11,000
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil (L)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50 x 59.9 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$11,000
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil (S)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 30 x 40.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.8 inch
$9,500
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What is Sebastião Salgado's most famous photo?
Sebastião Salgado's most famous photo is arguably "The Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986," depicting thousands of workers in a vast open-pit gold mine. This iconic image powerfully captures human struggle and collective effort.
Why is Sebastião Salgado important?
Sebastião Salgado is important for his powerful black-and-white photography documenting social issues, human suffering, and environmental changes. His work raises global awareness and inspires action on humanitarian and ecological challenges.
What is Sebastião Salgado's photography style?
Sebastião Salgado's photography style is characterized by powerful black-and-white images, often focusing on social issues, human suffering, and the beauty of nature. His work combines documentary realism with a strong sense of composition and emotion.
Why does Salgado use black and white?
Salgado uses black and white to emphasize contrasts, textures, and emotions, stripping away distractions of color. This approach highlights the universality and timelessness of his subjects, focusing attention on human stories and landscapes.