Sebastião Salgado
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Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (born February 8, 1944)[2] is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist.
Sebastião Salgado | |
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Born | Sebastião Salgado (1944-02-08) February 8, 1944 (age 80) |
Nationality | Brazilian, French[1] |
Known for | Photography |
Children | Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Rodrigo Salgado |
Website | institutoterra |
He has traveled in over 120 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these have appeared in numerous press publications and books. Touring exhibitions of his work have been presented throughout the world.
Salgado is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He was awarded the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in 1982,[3] Foreign Honorary Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992[4] and the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in 1993.[5] He has been a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at the Institut de France since April 2016.[6][7]