Sebastião Salgado is a famous Brazilian photographer known for his documentary work. He began his career in 1973 and worked for various photographic agencies, documenting subjects like indigenous peoples and famine in Africa. Some of his most notable books include Workers, Terra, and Genesis. Salgado's photos aim to bring awareness to important global issues and communicate the human experience. He is now considered one of the most influential photographers in the world.

2. Sebastião is a
Brazilian
photographer.
One of the most
famous Brazilian
photographers. Gourma-Rharous
Began his career Mali, 1985
in 1973. This picture represents a old man.
To me he looks like he is having
a horrible time.

3. Start of career
• Moved to Paris to begin his life as
a photographer in 1973.
• Joined Sygma photographic agency
in 1974.
• Joined the Gamma photographic
agency in1975.
• Photographed Indians and
peasants of Latin America during
1977. Left Gamma and joined
Magnum Photos in 1979.
• Salgado remained in Magnum
Photos for the next 15 year
This picture represents people at
work getting dirty. Also it has the
rule of odds.

4. •His greatest
contribution to
photography was in
1993.
•He started his career
in economics but in
1973, he switched to
photojournalism.
•Photographed John The attempt to assassinate Ronald
Reagan.
Hinckley’s attempt to
assassinate Ronald
Reagan.

5. • Sebastião influenced a
lot of people around
the world. Since he is
still around he is still
influencing more and
more people but I think
the majority of people
In this picture it shows hard working men
not afraid to get dirty
is older people.

6. What/who influenced him?
• Growing up in Brazil of
the 1950s and 1960s
influenced Salgado’s
career path first to
economics, and then to
photography.
In this picture it shows two
bears fighting it out.

7. .
Awards, medals, & honors
• W. Eugene Smith
Award in1982.
• Oskar Barnack Award
in1985.
• Named Photographic
journalist of the Year
in 1986.
• Hasselblad Award in
(L to R) Tenor Jose Carreras, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Shirin Ebadi, actress Mira
1989. Sorvino and Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado smile for the cameras
during Save the Children awards ceremony at the Circulo de Bellas Artes on
• Featured in People September 28, 2010 in Madrid, Spain.
magazine in 1993

8. •Sebastião Salgado worked
on an 18-month project
documenting the African
famine.
•He published two books
during this time.
•His books
•Les Cheminots (France
1989)
•An Uncertain Grace (USA,
Great Britain, Japan, France,
Portugal, Italy, 1990)
•The Best Photos (Brazil
This picture represents people at work getting
1992)
dirty. Also it has the rule of odds.
•The Workers (1993)
•Photopoche (France1993)
•Terra (Brazil, France,
Portugal, Italy, Great Britain,
Germany, Spain, 1997)
•Photopoche Serra Pelada
(France 1999)

9. •The Best Photos (Brazil
1992)
•The Workers (1993)
•Photopoche (France1993)
•Terra
(Brazil, France, Portugal, It
aly, Great
Britain, Germany, Spain, 19
97)
•Photopoche Serra Pelada
(France 1999)
This is one of his books, “Terra,” published in 1997.

10. •"I hope that the person who visits my exhibitions, and the person who
comes out, are not quite the same"
•"I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material
goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by being
truly concerned about what is going on in the world."

11. “The picture is not made by the
photographer, the picture is more good or
less good in function of the relationship
that you have with the people you
photograph.”
“We can take a picture that communicates, one
where we can see the problems and the people
from around the world. We show the people of
Bangladesh to others so they can understand
them. I have tried to bring about better
communication between people. I believe that
humanitarian photography is like economics.
Economy is a kind of sociology, as is documentary
photography”

12. This is one of my favorite photos that he
took. It shows an elephant running
through the mist in the jungle. To me
the elephant looks like a calf.
I also like this picture a lot because it’s Santa
Claus about to lift off for Christmas. Just
kidding . This is a picture of a Eskimo riding
through the freezing cold.

13. •http://www.biography.com/people/sebasti%C3%A3o-salgado-4i
•N/A Publisher . UNICEF Special Representative Sebastião Salgado. . 12 Mar. 2013
•Admin. Sebastião Salgado – Inspiration From Masters Of Photography. . 12 Mar. 2013
•Guardian.co.uk. Biography: Sebastião Salgado. 11 Sept. 2004. 13 mar. 2013
•Sebastião Salgado . . 16 mar. 2013

14. (Right) in this
picture its
another hard
working man.
(Left) this is an
amazing picture
of an iceberg.
(Right) in this picture it
shows penguins in the
Arctic.
(Left) it shows a whale
coming up for air also in
the Arctic.