Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025) - RIP

[RSD1]

A sad loss for the world. He was one of the few remaining greats. 

 

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Salgado had developed severe leukaemia due to complications from malaria contracted in Indonesia in 2010, his family said in a statement.

 

“I know I won’t live much longer,” Salgado told the Guardian in an interview last year. “But I don’t want to live much longer. I’ve lived so much and seen so many things.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/brazil-sebastiao-salgado-death

 

[simon43]

Never heard of him....

[BritManToo]

24 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Never heard of him....

I thought he was talking about Bob!

[RSD1]

Sebastião Salgado was a renowned Brazilian photojournalist whose powerful black-and-white images captured the resilience and struggles of humanity, often focusing on social, environmental, and humanitarian issues.
 

Initially trained as an economist, he transitioned to photography in the 1970s, gaining acclaim through agencies like Magnum for his various projects like Workers and Genesis, which highlight labor, migration, and the natural world. His empathetic approach avoided sensationalism, presenting subjects with dignity within their broader socio-economic contexts.

 

In 2017, his worldwide exhibition, "The World Through His Eyes", was held at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) from February to April 2017. He was there on the opening night of the exhibition. It was a major retrospective of his work that showcased over 130 photographs, many in very large print format, including works from various projects he had done: Other Americas, Sahel, Workers, Migrations, and Genesis.

 

It also featured iconic images like those from the Serra Pelada goldmine in Brazil and was supported by the Embassy of Brazil, drawing significant attention for its immersive display of Salgado’s global storytelling.

[save the frogs]

yeah, he's got some amazing photos.

need to travel to very remote places to get those kinds of photos. 

 

[FriscoKid]

First time I saw Salgado's work was back in 1988 when Jerry Harrison from the Talking Heads released the solo album titled Casual Gods. 

 

He used Salgado's imagery from the gold mines in Brazil for the album cover, and more images of the same appeared in the interior of the album artwork. 

 

I was speechless when I saw those images. Men reduced to ants, like slave laborers, barely clothed and practically naked, carrying heavy sacks of dirt on their backs out of the gold mines. Thousands of them. They probably only earned enough in a day to barely pay for food.

 

The pictures were so painful to look at, but powerfully moving at the same time. Back then, I didn't really know the source of the images and it wasn't until about 20 years later that I really discovered Salgado's work. Epic!

 

 

 

[FriscoKid]

https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3033246/french-brazilian-photographer-sebastiao-salgado-dies-aged-81-french-academy-of-fine-arts

[lamyai3]

2 hours ago, RSD1 said:

In 2017, his worldwide exhibition, "The World Through His Eyes", was held at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) from February to April 2017.

 

I went to see this, it was excellent. RIP. 

[RSD1]

56 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

 

I went to see this, it was excellent. RIP. 

Yes, it was excellent. He was there on the opening night. 

[Harrisfan]

6 hours ago, save the frogs said:

yeah, he's got some amazing photos.

need to travel to very remote places to get those kinds of photos. 

 

Just use google. Don't need to travel anywhere.

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Just use google. Don't need to travel anywhere.

you're still here?

[spidermike007]

Amazing work. Gutsy and profound. His work likely made a difference. Great art helps humanity on many levels. 

[Harrisfan]

56 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

you're still here?

As you are too

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Amazing work. Gutsy and profound. His work likely made a difference. Great art helps humanity on many levels. 

nah, it doesn't help much. 

great art is too deep for most people. 

not many people actually take it in. or even if they did, they wouldn't know what to do with it.

 

because most people are glued to cnn and fox news.

 

no one ever heard of this guy, but everyone knows who anderson cooper is. 

 

[RSD1]

13 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

no one ever heard of this guy

Millions have heard of him and have followed his work for decades. But maybe not moaners in forums who spend most of their day bickering (with other people whom they don't know) about nonsense and who rarely get out or exposed to much else.

[spidermike007]

9 hours ago, simon43 said:

Never heard of him....

Not something to be proud of.