Sebastiào Selgado

 Hey Teach, Youch. Two in a row huh. Welp, time to get to researching! I have no clue who or what this guy does so I'll do some all over looking. Off first looks I see he's Brazilian and that most of his photos are groups of people in more secluded areas. They're candid like shots too. I quite like his photo's due to their more observational nature but I'm quite curious WHY he chooses these types of people. I have a sneaking suspicion its to make his home a better place or to help people? Just because of the descriptions under some of the photos I see. My favorite part of his photos has to be his more compositional ones though. He has an eye for what is almost movie-like. 


As always I enjoy figuring out the reason behind why these Photographers take photo's and how I feel about it. "His work at the International Coffee Organization in London required him to make frequent trips to Africa, and his desire to document these experiences sparked his interest in photography... These include Sahel: L'homme en détresse (1986), Other Americas (1986), An Uncertain Grace (1990), and Workers (1993), a worldwide investigation of the increasing obsolescence of manual labor. Salgado has won many honors for his work, among them the Eugene Smith Award for Humanitarian Photography, two ICP Infinity Awards for Journalism, the Erna and Victor Hasselblad Award, and the Arles International Festival's prize for best photography book of the year for Workers." Like I assumed it seems that his main reason is to show the world whats happening in a way that touches their soul and brings change. I think his photo's absolutely encapsulate that desire. 

I'll show some of my favorites. 

A community above Chimborazo, Ecuador

Workers place a new wellhead in an oil well that had been damaged by Iraqi explosives

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