Sebastio Salgado
The Brazilian Sebastiao Salgado is a photojournalist and social documentary photographer. His fame is due to his black and white photographs, which capture indigenous communities. His goal is to encourage the preservation of the environment and the coexistence of humanity and the nature that surrounds us.
Holding a doctorate from the University of Paris, he works as an economist. It was during his trips to Africa that he discovered his passion for photography and began pursuing it as his main occupation in 1973.
The Brazilian photographer has received numerous awards in Brazil, Monaco, France... The Japanese Art Association awards him the Praemium Imperiale prize. As an advocate of the environment, he transforms nearly 7,000 acres of the Amazon rainforest into a nature reserve.
