The legendary Brazilian photographer dies at 82

Sebastia Salgada, who is considered one of the greatest documentaries in the world, has died at the age of 81.

The photographer, born in Brazil, was known for its dramatic and unwavering black and white drawing of difficulties, conflicts and natural beauty, captured in 130 countries in 55 years.

His fierce photos were chronicled by major global events, such as Rwanda genocide in 1994, burning oil fields at the end of the Persian Gulf war in 1991 and famine in the 1984 Sahel region.

“His lens revealed the world and his contradictions; his life, the power of transformation,” the Instituto Terra statement said, an environmental organization he founded with his wife Lelyia Vanik Salgada.

Some of his most striking pictures were taken in his home country, including epic photos of thousands of desperate figures working in high -color mines and bright images of Amazon’s indigenous residents.

Brazilian President Louise Inazio Lula to Silva Pay tribute, calling Salgada “one of the best … photographers that gave us.”

The final major project of the Salgada, Amazônia, the focus of the beauty and fragility of the tropical forests.

A lifetime supporter of the Amazon’s indigenous residents, Salgada recorded a dozen tribes scattered throughout the tropical forest – from hunting and fishing expeditions, to dance and rituals.

He spent seven years on an ambitious photographic journey, studying the remote achievements of the Amazon tropical forest and documenting its residents.

The project ended with an exhibition by demonstrating more than 200 black and white images, offering a sharp look at the landscapes and community of the region.

The Amazônia exhibition was exhibited at the Museum of Science in London and the Museum of Science and Galina in Manchester in 2021 and 2022.

“Sometimes I ask myself, ‘Sebastia, is it really you who went to all these places? ” He told the interviewer last year.

“Has I really spent years traveling to 130 different countries that deepened into the forests into oil fields and mines?

“Boy, it’s really me who did it. I probably are one of the photographers who created the greatest work in the history of photography.”

Born in 1944, Salgada left a career in the field of economy to start a photographer in 1973.

He worked on international assignments for various photo agencies before creating his own, Amazonas Images, with Lely in 1994.

In 2024, he received a great contribution to Sony World Photography Awards to the photo.

Other awards included the Prince of Asturia and the Ambassador of Goodwill UNICEF.

Through Instituto Terra, Salgada and Lelyia also restored the father’s farm in Brazil, which blooms a tropical forest, planting more than three million trees.

The statement of the institute added: “Sebastia was much more than one of the greatest photographers of the present.

“Along with his life partner, Lely Delwa Vanik Salgada, he sowed hope, where there was a destruction and enlivened the belief that the restoration of the environment is also a deep act of love for humanity.”