24.02.10

Sebastiao Salgado Snapshot Profile

Name:Sebastiao Salgado

Born: Aimorés, Brazil 1944

Areas of Expertises: Documentary, Photojournalism

The facts:
Having studied and worked in Economics. It wasn’t until in 1973 that Sebastiao Salgado began his photographic career. He was part of the Magnum photo agency until 1994 until he and his wife created the Amazonas photography agency. Sebastiao Salgado has travelled to over one hundred countries and documented his work thought press publications and books.
Salgado is most noted for his work on Latin America, Africa and India whilst his exhibition work continues to tour the world.

Books:
An Uncertain Grace (1992)
Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age (1993)
Terra (1997)
Um Fotógrafo em Abril, Ed. Caminho, Portugal, 1999.
Serra Pelada Photo Poche Societé, Editions Nathan, France, 1999.
Migrations (2000), includes photos from 39 countries
Malpensa, La città del volo, SEA Aeroporti di Milano, Italy, 2000.
The Children: Refugees and Migrants (2000)
Salgado, Parma. Contrasto, Italy, 2002.
The End of Polio, Bulfinch, USA, 2003.
Sahel: The End of the Road (2004)
The craddle of inequality. UNESCO, Brazil, 2005.
L’homme et l’eau. Editions Terre Bleue, France, 2005.
Afrika (2007)

www.amazonasimages.com
 

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