Sebastião Salgado is a well-known photographer who worked only in black in white. Here are some quick facts about him.
· Born in 1944 in Aimorés, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
· 6th Child in Family of 8.
· Originally an economist.
· Earned his master’s degree in economics from Sao Paulo University in Brazil
· Early photos of Sahel Desert.
· Covered news events originally.
· Moved on to documentaries
· His documentaries were always in black and white
· First exhibition called Other Americas. Designed to show counter-culture in rural Americas.
· Later exhibition called Workers. Tells of the demise of large-scale manual labor.
· Terra: Struggle For the Landless about poor people’s struggle to get land in Brazil.
· A later piece was Migrations and the Children
· His work was designed to affect your emotions.
It has won almost all major photography awards.
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