Sebastiao Salgado, photographer of the extraordinary, has died at 81
With the death of Salgado on Friday, May 23, from leukemia, one of the last heirs to humanist photography passed away. Throughout his life, he sought to condemn social and environmental injustices, while celebrating faith in humanity through sweeping global photographic narratives. "I simply want those who look at my photos to feel that people are noble everywhere," he told Le Monde.
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