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What he saw and held on to made hope that the world would still be saved: the late photographer Sebastião Salgado found beauty and dignity in the greatest misery.
Known for his black and white photos, the French-Brazilian photographer first documented misery and pain before celebrating nature and life in his native Brazil.
“I think I have contributed to the awareness of the care of the planet.” Whoever made that balance of his life, six years ago in an interview in El País Semanal, was not a politician, nor a scientist, nor an ecologist. He was a photographer who perhaps had something of them all, Sebastião Salgado. A titan of 20th century documentary photography, a statesman who, after 80 years, still projected new reports in the Amazon about tribes that had had …
After documenting deep misery – refugees, famine, war – Brazilian-French photographer Sebastião Salgado decided to focus on the beauty the world has to offer and how to preserve it.
Sebastião Salgado, the undisputed master of humanist photography, was extinguished in 2017. In 2017, Château Palmer (3rd Grand Cru Ranked 1855, Margaux) hosted the exceptional exhibition "Natural Gardens", a unique collection of 24 photographs signed by the artist. Sebastião Salgado, then present in Margaux for the opening, was entrusted to our editor. Mathieu Doumenge had exchanged with him, diving into the unique universe of the one who knew h…
Photographers, filmmakers, photojournalists analyze their images and remind the master of photography
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