Sebastiao salgado photography 1982

Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian photographer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ribeiro and the second or paternal family name is Salgado.

Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (born February 8, 1944)[2] is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist.

He has traveled in over 120 countries for his photographic projects.

Ecuador, 1982 by Sebastiao Salgado | Art.Salon

Most of these have appeared in numerous press publications and books. Touring exhibitions of his work have been presented throughout the world.

Salgado is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He was awarded the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in 1982,[3] Foreign Honorary Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992[4] and the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in 1993.[5] He has been a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at the Institut de France since April 2016.[6][7]

Early life and educa SEBASTIAO SALGADO - Polka Galerie PYDYJ