ARTFORMS
Photography , film.
MATERIALS | MEDIA
Hybrid Photographs, Video, Documentary
GUIDING INTEREST
Being raised on a farm, Salgado ‘s photography is heavily influenced by his childhood and by his appreciation to the land. Before pursuing a career as a photojournalist with magnum photography, he worked initially as an Economist. His academic background is a key factor in his choice of theme of labor , migration and human-land interactions.. His Black and white, grainy rendering with large scale perspective , repositioned documentary photography as a potential form of art photography. He is an avid environmental activist and a leading figure against deforestation of the Amazonian forest.
QUOTES
“I discovered that close to half the planet is ‘pristine.’ We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not.”
URL:https://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/13998/36-quotes-by-photographer-sebasiao-salgado/ >October 10, 2020
“Photography is not objective. It is deeply subjective – my photography is consistent ideologically and ethically with the person I am.. You photograph with your ideology.”
URL:https://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/13998/36-quotes-by-photographer-sebasiao-salgado/ >October 10, 2020
“You should have a good knowledge of history, of geopolitics, of sociology and anthropology to understand the society that we’re part of and to understand yourself and where you’re from in order to make choices. A lack of this knowledge will be much more limiting than any technical ability.”
URL:https://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/13998/36-quotes-by-photographer-sebasiao-salgado/ >October 10, 2020
BIO
Lives in Brazil and France.
Travelled to more than 120 countries.
1944| Born in Aimores (Brazil).
FORMATION
1969| ENSAE ParisTech | Agricultural Economy Phd
1965| University of Sao Paulo – Master of Economy
PUBLICATIONS
2010 |Genesis (avec Lélia Wanick Salgado), Taschen France, Paris, 2013
De ma terre à la Terre (avec Isabelle Francq), Plon, Paris , 2013
Terres de café, Éditions de La Martinière, France, 2015
Gold, Taschen, 2019.
2000 | Exodus, Éditions de La Martinière, Paris, 2000
The End of Polio : A Global Effort to End a Disease, Bulfinch, 2003
L’homme et l’eau, Éditions Terre Bleue, Paris, 2005
Africa (avec Mia Couto et Lélia Wanick Salgado), Taschen France, Paris, 2007
1990 |La Main de l’Homme, Éditions de La Martinière, France, 1993
La mine d’or de Serra Pelada, Galerie Debret, Paris, 1994
Terra, Éditions de La Martinière, France, 1997
1980 | Les Hmongs, Médecins sans frontières, Chêne/Hachette, Paris, 1982
Autres Amériques, Contrejour, 1986
Sahel : l’Homme en Détresse, Prisma Presse et Centre national de la photographie, pour Médecins sans frontières, France, 1986
AWARDS Selection
2019: Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
2007: M2-El Mundo People’s Choice Award for best exhibition a PhotoEspaña, for Africa
2003: International Award from the Photographic Society of Japan
1998: Prince of Asturias Awards, Arts category
1994: Grand Prix National French Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Culture (France)
1993: Centenary Medal from the Royal Photographic Society
1993: Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) from the Royal Photographic Society
1992: Oskar Barnack Award
1992: Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1989: Hasselblad Award, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden
1988: King of Spain International Journalism Award
1985: Oskar Barnack Award
1982: W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
Example of Artworks
