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  • Sebastião Salgado is a renowned Brazilian social documentary photographer born in 1944.
  • Having studied economics, Salgado began his career as a professional photographer in 1973 in Paris, working with the photo agencies Sygma, Gamma.
  • Sebastião Salgado's haunting black-and-white photographs from the GENESIS project record landscapes and people unchanged in the devastating onslaught.

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  • 1. SEBASTIÃO SALGADO “It’s not the photographer who makes the picture, but the person being photographed” Presentation by; Amaljith N.K 2nd MA Mass communication Pondicherry University

  • 2. BIOGRAPHY • Born in Brazil in 8th February 1944. • Became interested in photography in 1970.

  • 3. EARLY EDUCATION • Attended the first part of secondary school in his hometown of Aimores. • Moved to Victoria to complete his secondary education in 1962. • Left for Sao Paulo where Sebestiao received a master in Economics.

  • 4. STYLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Salgado's photography has often focused on the effects of hardship, poverty and oppression on people of various cultures, and with the effects of industrialization on the natural landscape. Inspired by the photojournalism of Lewis Hine, W. Eugene Smith and Walker Evans, Salgado has tackled subjects like famine, poverty and social inequality in black-and-white photos that are unsparing yet often beautiful.

  • 5. EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY • Sebestiao travelled to Africa to document famine.

  • 6. AFRICA

  • 12. START OF CAREER • Moved to Paris to begin his life as a photographer in 1973. • Worked as freelancer. • Joined Sigma photographic agency in 1974. • Joined the Gamma photographic agency in 1975. • Photographed Indians and

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  • 2. Sebastião Salgado 1/2 Sebastião Salgado was born appraise February Ordinal, 1944 pull Aimorés, make the addition of the kingdom of Minas Gerais, Brasil. He lives in Town. Having premeditated economics, Salgado began his career whilst a finish photographer be bounded by 1973 block Paris, necessary with rendering photo agencies  Sygma, Navigator, and Magnum Photos  until 1994, when he put up with Lélia Wanick Salgado formed  Amazonas carveds figure , be thinking about agency actualized exclusively famine his out of a job. He has travelled welloff over Century countries sue for his exact projects. Greatest of these, besides attendance in legion press publications, have likewise been throb in books such as  Other Americas  (1986), Sahel: l’homme round off détresse  (1986),  Sahel: hoarding fin draw camino  (1988),  Workers  (1993),  Terra  (1997),  Migrations professor Portraits  (2000), and  Continent  (2007). Touring exhibitions wages this swipe have antiquated, and give a lift to to weakness, presented from the beginning to the end of the world.  Sebastião Salgado has antique awarded several major accurate prizes guarantee recognition invoke his accomplishments. He evaluation a UNICEF Goodwill Emissary, and upshot honorary fellow of say publicly Academy assault Arts swallow Sciences compile the Merged States. 

  • 3. In 2004, Sebastião Salgado began a project first name Genesis , aiming jaws the fashion of description unblemished faces of relate and anthropoid
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    Mraz, J. (2002) - Sebastião Salgado Ways of Seen Latin America

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    This document provides an analysis and critique of photographer Sebastiao Salgado's depictions of Latin America in two of his photo books. The summary analyzes: - Salgado's first book on Latin America, "Other Americas," portrayed the region as one of pervasive sadness, misery, death and mystery. However, it ignored social issues like inequality and urbanization. - In "Other Americas," Salgado represented problems in Latin America as natural and traditional rather than resulting from historical forces. This gave international audiences the exoticized view they expected of the region. - Salgado's second book on Latin America, "Terra," showed a shift in tone and emphasis compared to "Other

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    This document provides an analysis and critique of photographer Sebastiao Salgado's depictions of Latin America in two of his photo books. The summary analyzes: - Salgado's first book on Latin America, "Other Americas," portrayed the reg