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India Today
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Sebastião Salgado, iconic documentary photographer, dies at 81
World-famous Brazilian documentary photographer Sebastio Salgado has died at the age of 81, leaving behind a remarkable legacy that spanned over five decades and 130 was known for his hauntingly beautiful black-and-white photographs that captured the resilience and suffering of people across the globe, as well as the grandeur and fragility of lens captured some of the most turbulent and agonizing moments in modern From the 1984 African Sahel famine and the raging oil wells of the Gulf War in 1991 to the atrocities of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, his photography gave international visibility to human and environmental his homeland of Brazil, Salgado photographed haunting images of gold miners toiling in chaotic pits and the everyday routines of Amazonian tribes. His stunning images acted both as art and as urgent pleas for reported by the BBC, Salgado's final major project, Amaznia, was a seven-year photographic journey through the Amazon documented Indigenous communities and pristine landscapes under threat from deforestation and climate project culminated in a global exhibition of over 200 images, displayed in cities including London and outspoken champion of environmental protection, Salgado co-founded Instituto Terra with his wife, Llia Wanick Salgado. They transformed his family's degraded farmland into a restored rainforest by planting more than three million in 1944, Salgado initially trained in economics. In 1973, he transitioned to photography, later co-founding the agency Amazonas Images with Llia. Among his many honors, he received the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Sony World Photography Awards in was also awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize and served as a UNICEF Goodwill READ: Kid Cudi testifies Diddy broke into his home, car set on fire weeks later
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Brazilian documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado dies aged 81
Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81. Instituto Terra, which was founded by him and his wife, confirmed the information on Friday but did not provide more details on the circumstances of Salgado's death or where it took place. "Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time," Instituto Terra said in a statement. "His lense revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action." Salgado's life and work were portrayed in the 2014 documentary film "The Salt of the Earth", co-directed by Wim Wenders and his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. Salgado lived in Paris for many years and started to fully dedicate his time to photography in 1973, years after his economy degree. His style is marked by black-and-white imagery, rich tonality and emotionally-charged scenarios. Impoverished communities were among his main interests. Among his main works are the recent series "Amazonia;" "Workers" which shows manual labour around the world; and "Exodus" which documents people in transit, including refugees and slum residents. Salgado and his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, founded Amazonas Images, an agency that exclusively handles his work.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Brazilian documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado dies aged 81
Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81. Instituto Terra, which was founded by him and his wife, confirmed the information on Friday but did not provide more details on the circumstances of Salgado's death or where it took place. "Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time," Instituto Terra said in a statement. "His lense revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action." Salgado's life and work were portrayed in the 2014 documentary film "The Salt of the Earth", co-directed by Wim Wenders and his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. Salgado lived in Paris for many years and started to fully dedicate his time to photography in 1973, years after his economy degree. His style is marked by black-and-white imagery, rich tonality and emotionally-charged scenarios. Impoverished communities were among his main interests. Among his main works are the recent series "Amazonia;" "Workers" which shows manual labour around the world; and "Exodus" which documents people in transit, including refugees and slum residents. Salgado and his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, founded Amazonas Images, an agency that exclusively handles his work.
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Award-winning Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado dies at age 81, his institute says
Sebastiao Salgado (AP) SAO PAULO: Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastiao Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81. Instituto Terra, which was founded by him and his wife, confirmed the information Friday, but did not provide more details on the circumstances of Salgado's death or where it took place. "Sebastiao was more than one of the best photographers of our time," Instituto Terra said in a statement. "His lense revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action." Salgado's life and work were portrayed in the documentary film "The Salt of the Earth" (2014), co-directed by Wim Wenders and his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. Salgado lived in Paris for many years and started to fully dedicate his time to photography in 1973, years after his economics degree. His style is marked by black-and-white imagery, rich tonality, and emotionally-charged scenarios. Impoverished communities were among his main interests. Among his main works are the recent series "Amazonia;" "Workers" which shows manual labour around the world; and "Exodus" (also known as "Migrations" or "Sahel") which documents people in transit, including refugees and slum residents. Salgado and his wife, Lelia Wanick Salgado, founded Amazonas Images, an agency that exclusively handles his work.
Euronews
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado dies aged 81
Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81. Instituto Terra, which was founded by him and his wife, confirmed the information on Friday but did not provide more details on the circumstances of Salgado's death or where it took place. "Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time," Instituto Terra said in a statement. "His lense revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action." Salgado's life and work were portrayed in the 2014 documentary film "The Salt of the Earth", co-directed by Wim Wenders and his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. Salgado lived in Paris for many years and started to fully dedicate his time to photography in 1973, years after his economy degree. His style is marked by black-and-white imagery, rich tonality and emotionally-charged scenarios. Impoverished communities were among his main interests. Among his main works are the recent series "Amazonia;" "Workers" which shows manual labour around the world; and "Exodus" which documents people in transit, including refugees and slum residents. Salgado and his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, founded Amazonas Images, an agency that exclusively handles his work.
