Salgado, Sebastião

Brazilian · b. 1944 — d. 2025

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Born 1944 — Died 2025

1980s

Brasil

1990s

Church Gate Station, Bombay, India, 1995

2000s

Fiery lava flows out of the crater through an underground break. Volcanic eruption of Mount Nyamulagira in May 2004. Democratic Republic of Congo.

Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). It is the only type of iguana in the world able to live in salty waters. Galápagos. Ecuador.

The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) has two separate blow holes. As a result, a cloud of vapor in a distinctive V-shape appears when these whales surface. Valdés Peninsula. Argentina.

At times, only the tails of the southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) are visible. Valdés Peninsula. Argentina.

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2010s

The Grand Canyon viewed from National Forest, Arizona. The big mesa visible on the far side of the canyon is in Navajo territory. This photograph was taken during a localized snowstorm. USA.

Basaltic organ pipes on Mitsio Island. Madagascar.

Bryce Canyon National Park during a snowstorm. Utah. USA.

Men from several of New Guinea’s ethnic groups, cover and protect their genitals with the koteka, or penis gourd. West Papua. Indonesia.

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Works

53 artworks

The San people make a fire by twirling a stick against a piece of hardwood, held in place by a foot or hand. Botswana.

, 2008

The healing or trance dance is the San’s most important mystical ritual. The frenzy of their trance, some San people believe, marks their entry into the world of spirits. Botswana.

, 2008

Salgado, Sebastião

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The San people make a fire by twirling a stick against a piece of hardwood, held in place by a foot or hand. Botswana.

The healing or trance dance is the San’s most important mystical ritual. The frenzy of their trance, some San people believe, marks their entry into the world of spirits. Botswana.

Teureum, sikeirei and leader of the Mentawai clan. This shaman is preparing a filter for sago, with the leaves of this same tree. Siberut Island. West Sumatra. Indonesia.

A San hunter holding a korhaan (Eupodotis melanogaster). This bird is captured using its eggs as bait and a snare made of twigs. Botswana.

Performer of the singsing festival of Mount Hagen. Western Highlands Province. Papua New Guinea.

Victoria Falls, viewed from Zimbabwe.

The Zavodovski Island is home to some 750,000 couples of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) as well as a large colony of macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus). South Sandwich Islands.

Approximately 1,500 miles long, the Juruá River is one of the Amazon’s longest tributaries. Amazonia. Brazil.

The Serra Curicuriari, with the Rio Negro in the background, lies south of São Gabriel da Cachoeira in the north of Brazil’s Amazon region. Amazonia. Brazil.

The eastern part of the Brooks Range, which rises to over 9,800 feet. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska. USA.

The Erg Ubari is a vast expanse of sand dunes. It has no fresh water, but it contains a number of salt lakes concentrated in an area known as the “Ramla d’El Daouda,” meaning the Dune of the Worm-Eaters. Libya.

Typically, the women in the Zo’é village of Towari Ypy use the red fruit of the urucum (Bixa orellana) to color their bodies. It is also used in cooking. Pará, Brazil.

Large sand dunes between Albrg and Tin Merzouga, Tadrart. South of Djanet, Algeria.

The Anavilhanas, the name given to around 350 forested islands in Brazil’s Rio Negro, form the world’s largest inland archipelago. Amazonia. Brazil.

The eastern part of the Brooks Range, which rises to over 9,800 feet. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska. USA.

The Grand Canyon viewed from National Forest, Arizona. The big mesa visible on the far side of the canyon is in Navajo territory. This photograph was taken during a localized snowstorm. USA.

Basaltic organ pipes on Mitsio Island. Madagascar.

Bryce Canyon National Park during a snowstorm. Utah. USA.

Men from several of New Guinea’s ethnic groups, cover and protect their genitals with the koteka, or penis gourd. West Papua. Indonesia.

Yali men spend most of their time hunting in the forest where they also collect insects, fruit and vegetables. West Papua. Indonesia.

The Pachypodium plant (Pachypodium lamerei) as shown here, in its homeland can grow up to 85 feet in height. Tsingy of Bemaraha National Park. Madagascar.

At dawn, the water in lakes and small rivers, still warm from the previous day’s sun,vaporizes and condenses to form strange and beautiful fog banks. Kafue National Park, Zambia.

Since elephants (Loxodonta africana) are hunted by poachers in Zambia, they are scared of humans and vehicles, they usually run quickly into the bush. Kafue National Park, Zambia.

The confluence of the Colorado and the Little Colorado from the Navajo territory. The Grand Canyon National Park begins after this junction. Utah. USA.