Sebastião Salgado’s most interesting photography

Sebastião Salgado in Kuwait & A desert on fire

Photography / 6 minutes of reading

In the early 1990s, Kuwait hit news reports worldwide for the war that different nations fought within its boundaries. In the years following that event, Kuwait and the effects of its war on citizens have inspired countless works of art worldwide. They have inspired movies, songs, and paintings. Sebastiao Salgado developed a stunning series known […]

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Sebastião Salgado’s Salt of the Earth – Why you should watch it

Photography / 6 minutes of reading

Sebastião Salgado is a Brazilian born documentary photographer. He is also a photojournalist who has traveled to about 120 countries to pursue his passion: photography. Salgado was raised in Brazil by middle-class parents and later studied economics. He was then involved in student protests against the military dictatorship, so he had to flee his homeland.

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Sebastião Salgado’s Exodus – The stories of global migration

Photography / 5 minutes of reading

Six years. That is the amount of time Sebastião Salgado spent capturing the story of migration, the migrant crisis, individual heart-stopping moments in the never-ending migration and exile of humans. Exodus is a poignant collection that adds photographic evidence and storytelling of humanity on the move. When he started this documentation in 1993, Sebastião traveled

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Sebastião Salgado’s dramatic Workers photos – Overworked & underpaid

Photography / 7 minutes of reading

Sebastiao Salgado’s Workers is an exceptional photography series and book, thanks to its detail in men at work in the lowest levels and harshest conditions. His work shows solidarity with the world’s poorest societies. He seeks to recognize and appreciate the isolated peasants and refugees who represent a large portion of humankind. Salgado focuses on

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Sebastião Salgado’s impressive photos: This was Brazil’s largest & most dangerous gold mine

Photography / 3 minutes of reading

Serra Pelada is a series of photographs taken in 1986 depicting endless numbers of mine workers distributed on various parts of a tall gold mining cliff. The black and white photos were taken from a distance and at an elevated vantage point by photographer Sebastiao Salgado. Because of the location and the angle in which

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