Photo London Digital
October 5 – 18, 2020
Chinstrap penguins on icebergs between Zavodovski and Visokoi islands, South Sandwich Islands, from the series Genesis, 2009. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Iceberg between Paulet Island and the Shetland Islands, Antartica, from the series Genesis, 2005. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
The Brooks Range, Alaska, from the series Genesis, 2009. 20 x 16, 24 x 20, 35 x 24, 50 x 36 or 68 x 50 inch gelatin silver print
North-flowing Hulahula River emptying into the Arctic Ocean, from the series Genesis, 2009. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
The Arctic Ocean around the Inupiat village of Kaktovik, Alaska, from the series Genesis, 2009. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Macaroni Penguins, Sandwich Islands, Antarctica, from the series Genesis, 2009. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Colony of Chinstrap Penguins, Bailey Head, Deception Island, Antartica, from the series Genesis, 2005. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Colony of Chinstrap Penguins, Deception Island, Antartica, from the series Genesis, 2005. 20 x 16, 24 x 20, 35 x 24, 50 x 36 or 68 x 50 inch gelatin silver print
Dinka cattle camp of Amak, Southern Sudan, from the series Genesis, 2006. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Dinka group at Pagarau, Southern Sudan, from the series Genesis, 2006. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Cast of thousands, Serra Pelada, Brasil, from the series Workers, 1986. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Figure 8, Serra Pelada, Brasil, from the series Workers, 1986. 20 x 16, 24 x 20, 35 x 24, 50 x 36 or 68 x 50 inch gelatin silver print
Backs, Serra Pelada, Brasil, from the series Workers, 1986. 20 x 16, 24 x 20, 35 x 24, 50 x 36 or 68 x 50 inch gelatin silver print
St. Sebastian, Serra Pelada, Brasil, from the series Workers, 1986. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Hand, Serra Pelada, Brasil, from the series Workers, 1986. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Legs, Serra Pelada, Brasil, from the series Workers, 1986. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Foam and Fire, Kuwait, from the series Workers, 1991. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Capping a wellhead, Kuwait, from the series Workers, 1991. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Fallen worker, Kuwait, from the series Workers, 1991. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Shooting oil, Kuwait, from the series Workers, 1991, 20 x 16, 24 x 20, 35 x 24, 50 x 36 or 68 x 50 inch gelatin silver print
Churchgate Station, Bombay India, from the series Migrations, 1995. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Mosque of Istiglal, Jakarta, from the series Migrations, 1996. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Women Carrying Goods to the Market of Chimbote, Chimborazo, Ecuador, from the series Migrations, 1998. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Young girl, Yuracruz, Ecuador, from the series Migrations, 1998. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Fishermen on the beach of Vung Tau, Vietnam, from the series Migrations, 1995. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Raw Wool, Kazakhstan, from the series Workers 1991. 20 x 16, 24 x 20, 35 x 24, 50 x 36 or 68 x 50 inch gelatin silver print
Refugees Hiding Under Trees to Avoid Government Airplane Surveillance, Tigray, Ethiopia, from the series Migrations, 1986. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Three Coal Miners, India, from the series Workers, 1989. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Women carrying mud and stones, Sandar, Sarovar Dam, Gujarat, India, from the series Workers, 1990. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Women Carrying Pipes, Rajasthan Canal Works, India, from the series Workers, 1989. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Rajasthan Canal Works, India, from the series Workers, 1989. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Three Communion Girls, Brasil, from the series Uncertain Grace, 1981. 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 35, 36 x 50 or 50 x 68 inch gelatin silver print
Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has created numerous in-depth bodies of work documenting life on Earth, from disorienting images of gold mines in Brazil to hellish pictures of blazing oil wells in Kuwait. Through his expansive, yet finely detailed black-and-white photographs, Salgado reveals both awe-inspiring and horrifying scenes from some of the most far-flung corners of the world, presenting us with his own unique vision of our vast planet.
For his most recent series, Genesis, Salgado turned his focus to unblemished, pristine natural environments and communities of people still living according to ancestral traditions and cultures. Beginning in 2004, he spent eight years photographing in arctic, desert, and tropical landscapes in an effort to raise public awareness about the fragility of the planet, and to forge a path towards humanity’s rediscovery of itself in nature. This series can be seen as a response to Migrations (2000) and Workers (1993), which explored displaced populations and the extreme working conditions of men and women across the world.
Sebastião Salgado was born in 1944 in the Brazilian mining state of Minas Gerais and he now lives in Paris. Initially an economist with the World Bank, Salgado began his photographic career in Paris in 1973. He worked with the Sygma, Gamma, and Magnum Photos agencies until 1994, when he and his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado founded Amazonas Images, dedicated exclusively to his work. He has travelled to more than 100 countries for his photographic projects, resulting in many books including Other Americas (1986); Sahel, lʼhomme en détresse (1986); Sahel: el fin del camino (1988); An Uncertain Grace (1990); Workers (1993); Terra (1997); Migrations and Portraits (2000); and Africa (2007).
Exhibitions of Salgado’s work have been presented in institutions throughout the world, including International Center of Photography, New York; Caixa Forum, Spain; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; Natural History Museum, London; Somerset House, London; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; Barbican Gallery, London; Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin; and George Eastman House, Rochester. His work is held in many museum collections including the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, among others.
A feature-length documentary about the artist, The Salt of the Earth, directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes in May 2014. Salgado has been awarded numerous major photographic prizes in recognition of his accomplishments. He has twice been named photographer of the year by the International Center of Photography. Salgado is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States.
Sotheby's Impact Gala and Magnum Opus
September 26- October 12, 2022
Sotheby’s is pleased to present a series of exhibitions, events, and auctions to benefit Instituto Terra, the nonprofit environmental organization co-founded by acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado and Lélia Wanick Salgado. The auctions will take place both in person at the Sotheby’s Impact Gala, on Wednesday, September 28 at 8:30pm ET, and online in Sotheby’s Contemporary Discoveries. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of these lots will be donated to Instituto Terra to ensure the organization can continue its work planting millions of trees in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and educating farmers, public officials and local communities about the importance of protecting this delicate ecosystem.
| As a Hall of Fame and Museum, the IPHF has work from more than 500 artists, 5,000 historical cameras and more than 30,000 photographs in its permanent collection. More information on the International Photography Hall of Fame and inductees can be found at www.iphf.org. |
Congratulations to Sebastiao Salgado on his election to the seat of The Academie des Beaux Arts of the Institue of France
ONGOING
Featuring over 200 photographs from the artist's eight-year worldwide survey of the globe's pristine landscapes, wildlife, and indigenous peoples. The exhibition has previously traveled throughout Europe and South America:
CaixaForum, Palma, Spain February 25 to May 31,2015
A Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal April 8 to August 2, 2015
Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany April 17 to August 18, 2015
Forti di Bard, Aosta, Italy May 9 to September 30, 2015
CaixaForum, Zaragosa, Spain June 18 to October 12, 2015
THE SALT OF THE EARTH
Select theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles
Co-directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, the Oscar-nominated documentary recounts Salgado's career, from images of the Boschian nightmare of Brazil's Serra Pelada gold mines to shots of the mid-1990s Rwandan genocide to Sebastião's most recent project, Genesis ,which captures pristine, grandly scaled landscapes throughout the world.
