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Observer
4 days ago
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- Observer
Sebastiao Salgado, photojournalism elevated to art
Brazilian photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado, who died Friday, spent five decades chronicling the best and worst of planet Earth, from far-flung natural wonders to horrifying human catastrophes. The self-taught photographer crisscrossed the globe throughout his life, from Rwanda to Guatemala, from Indonesia to Bangladesh, documenting famine, war, exodus, exploitation and other tragedies of the so-called Third World with the empathy of "someone who comes from the same part of the world," as he said. His elegant black-and-white universe also celebrated the planet's immense beauty, such as the "flying rivers" of the Amazon rainforest, and served as a warning of nature's fragility in the face of climate change. Sebastiao Salgado, photojournalism elevated to art Sebastiao Salgado, photojournalism elevated to art He leaves an iconic body of work, published in "Life," "Time" and other leading magazines, collected in a stunning series of books, and regularly exhibited in the museums of world capitals such as Paris, where he lived for much of his life. Salgado won a long list of prestigious prizes across his career, including the Prince of Asturias and Hasselblad awards, and was the protagonist of filmmaker Wim Wenders' Oscar-nominated documentary "The Salt of the Earth" (2014), about the photographer's sojourns in distant corners such as the Arctic Circle and Papua New Guinea. Sebastiao Salgado, photojournalism elevated to art Sebastiao Salgado, photojournalism elevated to art - From Africa to Reagan - Born on February 8, 1944 in the rural county of Aimores in southeastern Brazil, Salgado grew up with seven sisters on their father's cattle farm. He recalled it as a place where visiting friends and family meant traveling for days, which he said taught him the patience to wait for the magical "fraction of a second" of the perfect photograph. He earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Sao Paulo, where he was active in the left-wing student movements of the turbulent 1960s. In 1969, he and his wife, Lelia Wanick, fled to France to escape Brazil's military dictatorship. He went on to receive French citizenship. He picked up Wanick's camera by chance one day in 1970 and was instantly hooked. "I realized snapshots brought me more pleasure than economic reports," he said. His job with the International Coffee Organization took him frequently to Africa, where he started taking pictures on the side. He would go on to turn down a dream job at the World Bank in Washington to pursue photography full-time. Wanick, who staunchly backed his career, stayed home raising their two sons, Juliano Ribeiro and Rodrigo, who was born with Down syndrome. Sebastiao Salgado, photojournalism elevated to art Sebastiao Salgado, photojournalism elevated to art Salgado's photos of drought and famine in countries such as Niger and Ethiopia landed him a job at renowned photo agency Magnum in 1979. He was working there when he captured one of the biggest news stories of the time, the assassination attempt on US president Ronald Reagan in 1981. Salgado made front pages worldwide with his photos of the shooting -- 76 frames in 60 seconds. But his true rise to fame came with his first book, "Other Americas" (1984) -- a series of portraits taken throughout Latin America -- and his unforgettable photographs of misery and resistance among the hordes of mud-covered miners at Brazil's infamous Serra Pelada, the biggest open-air gold mine in the world. Critics accused him of "beautifying suffering," but Salgado never veered from his aesthetic or his work. Sebastiao Salgado, photojournalism elevated to art Sebastiao Salgado, photojournalism elevated to art - Lens on Bolsonaro - Painstaking and meticulous, he liked to take his time getting to know his subjects, his three Leica cameras hanging from his neck. Photography "is a way of life," he told AFP in 2022, on a trip to Sao Paulo to present his exhibition "Amazonia," the product of seven years shooting the world's biggest rainforest. "It's connected with my ideology... my human and political activity. It all goes together." A dedicated climate activist, he was a fierce critic of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) for the far-right leader's push to open the Amazon to agribusiness and mining. Salgado also founded an environmental organization called Instituto Terra to revive disappearing forests in his home state, Minas Gerais, a successful project joined by more than 3,000 landowners. —AFP
France 24
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- France 24
Celebrated French-Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado dies aged 81
Brazilian photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado, who died Friday, spent five decades chronicling the best and worst of planet Earth, from far-flung natural wonders to horrifying human catastrophes. The self-taught photographer crisscrossed the globe throughout his life, from Rwanda to Guatemala, from Indonesia to Bangladesh, documenting famine, war, exodus, exploitation and other tragedies of the so-called Third World with the empathy of "someone who comes from the same part of the world", as he said. His elegant black-and-white universe also celebrated the planet's immense beauty, such as the "flying rivers" of the Amazon rainforest, and served as a warning of nature 's fragility in the face of climate change. He leaves an iconic body of work, published in "Life", "Time" and other leading magazines, collected in a stunning series of books, and regularly exhibited in the museums of world capitals such as Paris, where he lived for much of his life. Salgado won a long list of prestigious prizes across his career, including the Prince of Asturias and Hasselblad awards, and was the protagonist of filmmaker Wim Wenders' Oscar-nominated documentary "The Salt of the Earth" (2014), about the photographer's sojourns in distant corners such as the Arctic Circle and Papua New Guinea. From Africa to Reagan Born on February 8, 1944 in the rural county of Aimores in southeastern Brazil, Salgado grew up with seven sisters on their father's cattle farm. He recalled it as a place where visiting friends and family meant traveling for days, which he said taught him the patience to wait for the magical "fraction of a second" of the perfect photograph. He earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Sao Paulo, where he was active in the left-wing student movements of the turbulent 1960s. In 1969, he and his wife, Lelia Wanick, fled to France to escape Brazil's military dictatorship. He went on to receive French citizenship. He picked up Wanick's camera by chance one day in 1970 and was instantly hooked. "I realized snapshots brought me more pleasure than economic reports," he said. His job with the International Coffee Organization took him frequently to Africa, where he started taking pictures on the side. He would go on to turn down a dream job at the World Bank in Washington to pursue photography full-time. Wanick, who staunchly backed his career, stayed home raising their two sons, Juliano Ribeiro and Rodrigo, who was born with Down syndrome. Salgado's photos of drought and famine in countries such as Niger and Ethiopia landed him a job at renowned photo agency Magnum in 1979. He was working there when he captured one of the biggest news stories of the time, the assassination attempt on US president Ronald Reagan in 1981. Salgado made front pages worldwide with his photos of the shooting. But his true rise to fame came with his first book, "Other Americas" (1984) – a series of portraits taken throughout Latin America – and his unforgettable photographs of misery and resistance among the hordes of mud-covered miners at Brazil 's infamous Serra Pelada, the biggest open-air gold mine in the world. Critics accused him of "beautifying suffering" but Salgado never veered from his aesthetic or his work. Lens on Bolsonaro Painstaking and meticulous, he liked to take his time getting to know his subjects, his three Leica cameras hanging from his neck. Photography "is a way of life", he told AFP in 2022, on a trip to Sao Paulo to present his exhibition "Amazonia", the product of seven years shooting the world's biggest rainforest. "It's connected with my ideology... my human and political activity. It all goes together." A dedicated climate activist, he was a fierce critic of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) for the far-right leader's push to open the Amazon to agribusiness and mining. Salgado also founded an environmental organization called Instituto Terra to revive disappearing forests in his home state, Minas Gerais, a successful project joined by more than 3,000 landowners.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Bolsonaro leads rally at site of 2023 Brazil insurrection
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who faces a trial on coup charges, vowed Wednesday to "continue the fight" at a protest to demand amnesty for people convicted over a failed right-wing insurrection. Thousands of supporters of the former far-right leader, who is seeking to make a comeback, joined the march on the site of a January 2023 assault on the seats of power in Brasilia. Addressing the crowd from atop a truck, 70-year-old Bolsonaro, who recently underwent complex abdominal surgery, declared: "We must not lose hope. We will continue the fight!" On January 8, 2023, thousands of his supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace, accusing his left-wing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of stealing the October 2022 election. Lula narrowly defeated Bolsonaro, who was seeking a second term. Wednesday's rally was Bolsonaro's first public appearance since leaving hospital on Sunday, 17 days after he was admitted with severe abdominal pain related to a 2018 stabbing attack. "Amnesty, now!" the demonstrators, many of whom wore T-shirts in the green and yellow of the Brazilian flag, chanted. Wednesday's rally was smaller than the last such demonstration in Sao Paulo in April, which drew 45,000 people according to the University of Sao Paulo, but which Bolsonaro's son Eduardo said drew "close to a million." It came a day after the Supreme Court handed a 14-year jail term to a hairdresser who used lipstick to scrawl an anti-Lula slogan on a statue during the Brasilia rebellion. Debora Rodrigues dos Santos is one of around 500 people who authorities jailed over the violence. "These heavy sentences for innocent patriots are absurd," evangelical pastor Silas Malafaia, a staunch Bolsonaro ally, railed on Instagram. Bolsonaro, who faces a trial on charges of plotting to cling to power, is pushing for the rioters to receive pardons like those granted by President Donald Trump over the January 2021 storming of the US Capitol. Kleber Rocha, a 46-year-old welder attending Wednesday's rally, hailed the Brasilia rioters as "patriots" and called for them to be freed. - 'Last hope' riots - Bolsonaro underwent surgery last month to treat problems arising from a stabbing attack at a campaign rally in 2018. While hospitalized he was summoned to present his defense for his trial on charges that could risk up to 40 years in prison. No date has yet been set for the trial, which will be the first involving a leader accused of attempting to retain power by force since Brazil's return to democracy in 1985 after two decades of military dictatorship. If convicted, Bolsonaro faces political banishment ahead of presidential elections next year. The former army captain hopes to stand for reelection, despite being banned from holding elected office until 2030 over his unproven attacks on the reliability of Brazil's electronic voting system. Prosecutors say the Brasilia riots, which took place a week after Lula was sworn in for a third term, represented the "last hope" of Bolsonaro's supporters aiming to overturn the results of the 2022 election. Bolsonaro, who was in the United States at the time, said he did not condone the violence and claims he is being hounded by left-leaning judges. Bolsonaro's party has submitted a parliamentary bill calling for amnesty for all those who took part in right-wing demonstrations over the election outcome. jss/app/lg/cb/jgc/jbr
France 24
07-05-2025
- Politics
- France 24
Bolsonaro leads protest in Brazil at site of 2023 far-right insurrection
Brazil 's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who faces a trial on coup charges, vowed Wednesday to "continue the fight" at a protest to demand amnesty for people convicted over a failed right-wing insurrection. Thousands of supporters of the former far-right leader, who is seeking to make a comeback, joined the march on the site of a January 2023 assault on the seats of power in Brasilia. Addressing the crowd from atop a truck, 70-year-old Bolsonaro, who recently underwent complex abdominal surgery, declared: "We must not lose hope. We will continue the fight!" On January 8, 2023, thousands of his supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace, accusing his left-wing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of stealing the October 2022 election. Lula narrowly defeated Bolsonaro, who was seeking a second term. Wednesday's rally was Bolsonaro's first public appearance since leaving hospital on Sunday, 17 days after he was admitted with severe abdominal pain related to a 2018 stabbing attack. "Amnesty, now!" the demonstrators, many of whom wore T-shirts in the green and yellow of the Brazilian flag, chanted. Wednesday's rally was smaller than the last such demonstration in Sao Paulo in April, which drew 45,000 people according to the University of Sao Paulo, but which Bolsonaro's son Eduardo said drew "close to a million." It came a day after the Supreme Court handed a 14-year jail term to a hairdresser who used lipstick to scrawl an anti-Lula slogan on a statue during the Brasilia rebellion. Debora Rodrigues dos Santos is one of around 500 people who authorities jailed over the violence. "These heavy sentences for innocent patriots are absurd," evangelical pastor Silas Malafaia, a staunch Bolsonaro ally, railed on Instagram. Bolsonaro, who faces a trial on charges of plotting to cling to power, is pushing for the rioters to receive pardons like those granted by President Donald Trump over the January 2021 storming of the US Capitol. Kleber Rocha, a 46-year-old welder attending Wednesday's rally, hailed the Brasilia rioters as "patriots" and called for them to be freed. 'Last hope' riots Bolsonaro underwent surgery last month to treat problems arising from a stabbing attack at a campaign rally in 2018. While hospitalised he was summoned to present his defense for his trial on charges that could risk up to 40 years in prison. No date has yet been set for the trial, which will be the first involving a leader accused of attempting to retain power by force since Brazil's return to democracy in 1985 after two decades of military dictatorship. If convicted, Bolsonaro faces political banishment ahead of presidential elections next year. The former army captain hopes to stand for reelection, despite being banned from holding elected office until 2030 over his unproven attacks on the reliability of Brazil's electronic voting system. Prosecutors say the Brasilia riots, which took place a week after Lula was sworn in for a third term, represented the "last hope" of Bolsonaro's supporters aiming to overturn the results of the 2022 election. Bolsonaro, who was in the United States at the time, said he did not condone the violence and claims he is being hounded by left-leaning judges. Bolsonaro's party has submitted a parliamentary bill calling for amnesty for all those who took part in right-wing demonstrations over the election outcome.
Int'l Business Times
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Bolsonaro Leads Rally At Site Of 2023 Brazil Insurrection
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who faces a trial on coup charges, vowed Wednesday to "continue the fight" at a protest to demand amnesty for people convicted over a failed right-wing insurrection. Thousands of supporters of the former far-right leader, who is seeking to make a comeback, joined the march on the site of a January 2023 assault on the seats of power in Brasilia. Addressing the crowd from atop a truck, 70-year-old Bolsonaro, who recently underwent complex abdominal surgery, declared: "We must not lose hope. We will continue the fight!" On January 8, 2023, thousands of his supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace, accusing his left-wing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of stealing the October 2022 election. Lula narrowly defeated Bolsonaro, who was seeking a second term. Wednesday's rally was Bolsonaro's first public appearance since leaving hospital on Sunday, 17 days after he was admitted with severe abdominal pain related to a 2018 stabbing attack. "Amnesty, now!" the demonstrators, many of whom wore T-shirts in the green and yellow of the Brazilian flag, chanted. Wednesday's rally was smaller than the last such demonstration in Sao Paulo in April, which drew 45,000 people according to the University of Sao Paulo, but which Bolsonaro's son Eduardo said drew "close to a million." It came a day after the Supreme Court handed a 14-year jail term to a hairdresser who used lipstick to scrawl an anti-Lula slogan on a statue during the Brasilia rebellion. Debora Rodrigues dos Santos is one of around 500 people who authorities jailed over the violence. "These heavy sentences for innocent patriots are absurd," evangelical pastor Silas Malafaia, a staunch Bolsonaro ally, railed on Instagram. Bolsonaro, who faces a trial on charges of plotting to cling to power, is pushing for the rioters to receive pardons like those granted by President Donald Trump over the January 2021 storming of the US Capitol. Kleber Rocha, a 46-year-old welder attending Wednesday's rally, hailed the Brasilia rioters as "patriots" and called for them to be freed. Bolsonaro underwent surgery last month to treat problems arising from a stabbing attack at a campaign rally in 2018. While hospitalized he was summoned to present his defense for his trial on charges that could risk up to 40 years in prison. No date has yet been set for the trial, which will be the first involving a leader accused of attempting to retain power by force since Brazil's return to democracy in 1985 after two decades of military dictatorship. If convicted, Bolsonaro faces political banishment ahead of presidential elections next year. The former army captain hopes to stand for reelection, despite being banned from holding elected office until 2030 over his unproven attacks on the reliability of Brazil's electronic voting system. Prosecutors say the Brasilia riots, which took place a week after Lula was sworn in for a third term, represented the "last hope" of Bolsonaro's supporters aiming to overturn the results of the 2022 election. Bolsonaro, who was in the United States at the time, said he did not condone the violence and claims he is being hounded by left-leaning judges. Bolsonaro's party has submitted a parliamentary bill calling for amnesty for all those who took part in right-wing demonstrations over the election outcome. Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro faces trial on charges of trying to cling onto power after his October 2022 election defeat AFP
