Accueil - Sebastiao Salgado

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Photo Revue, and then, in 1984, with Longue Vue, both photography magazines. In 1985-1986 LWS was the Director of the Magnum Gallery, where she organized about twenty photo exhibitions." /> Autres Amériques, Editions Contrejour in France, Pantheon Books in U.S.A., Ediciones ELR in Spain – produced in 1986, was the first of these. The accompanying exhibition Autres Amériques, curated by LWS for the Month of Photography in Paris in 1986, won the “Prix du Public” award, in the same year.She has also produced : Sahel, El Fin del Camino – Spain, 1988 ; U.S.A. 2004 – and in 1989 Les Cheminots. These were followed by An Uncertain Grace in U.S.A., also published in England, Japan and France in 1990." /> The Best Photos-As Melhores Fotos in Brazil in 1991, and in 1993, the major piece of work: Workers, published by Aperture and Kodak in U.S.A., and in eight other editions: in France, England, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Japan, Italy and Brazil. In 1994 LWS received the publication award from the International Center of Photography, New York, USA, for the book Workers.In the same year, 1994, Lélia Wanick Salgado and Sebastião Salgado founded Amazonas images, a press agency in Paris, dedicated exclusively to Salgado’s work. LWS is Director of the agencyIn 1997, LWS conceived, designed and published the book Terra, which appeared in seven editions, in Brazil, U.K., France, Portugal, Spain, Germany, and Italy. LWS has also designed the Terra exhibition, it tours the world as sets of 50 posters, purchased by the exhibitors. The revenues from the sale of the posters are donated to the MST (Movement of Landless Peasants) in Brazil. " /> Amazonas images, and co-published by seven publishers; she has organized the accompanying exhibition. The work presented is based on the theme of population movements around the world. The books came out in March 2000, and the exhibition has been launched simultaneously in several countries. The two books are Migrations and The Children, published in France, Brazil, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Germany, the USA.For these books, LWS received the award “Prêmio Jabuti” for publication, in Brazil, in 2001.In 2004, a new project, Genesis, was developed by the agency, with the aim of depicting the unblemished face of nature and humanity, a series of photographs by Sebastião Salgado of landscapes, wildlife and human communities who still live according to their ancestral traditions and cultures. " /> Africa, published by Taschen, with an international distribution, in six languages. It is a retrospective of 34 years of work by Sebastião Salgado, on that continent. Together, Lélia and Sebastião have worked since the 1990’s on the restoration of a small part of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. In 1998 they succeeded in making this land a nature preserve and created Instituto Terra. Its mission is reforestation, conservation and environmental education. LWS is the President of the Instituto." /> Lélia Wanick Salgado was born in Vitória, E.S., Brazil, and, early in her life, settled in Paris, France. Married, she is the mother of two sons, Juliano and Rodrigo, who has Down syndrome, she is the grandmother of a boy, Flavio.LWS began her professional life at 17, as a primary school teacher and piano teacher in Brazil. In addition to her secondary education, she spent several years studying piano at the Conservatory, French at the Alliance Française and at the same time attended an artist’s studio to study painting.In Paris, LWS studied Architecture at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, and Urban Planning at the University of Paris VIII where she obtained a master’s degree. She has worked as an urban planner for several towns in France.Her interest in photography began in the early 70’s and grew with the years. In 1983 she changed her field, working first with the Photo Revue, and then, in 1984, with Longue Vue, both photography magazines. In 1985-1986 LWS was the Director of the Magnum Gallery, where she organized about twenty photo exhibitions. Sygma, Gamma, and Magnum Photos until 1994, when he and Lélia Wanick Salgado formed Amazonas images, an agency created exclusively for his work.He has travelled in over 100 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these, besides appearing in numerous press publications, have also been presented in books such as Other Americas (1986), Sahel: l’homme en détresse (1986), Sahel: el fin del camino (1988), Workers (1993), Terra (1997), Migrations and Portraits (2000), and Africa (2007). Touring exhibitions of this work have been, and continue to be, presented throughout the world.Sebastião Salgado has been awarded numerous major photographic prizes in recognition of his accomplishments. He is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States. " /> Genesis, aiming at the presentation of the unblemished faces of nature and humanity. It consists of a series of photographs of landscapes and wildlife, as well as of human communities that continue to live in accordance with their ancestral traditions and cultures. This body of work is conceived as a potential path to humanity’s rediscovery of itself in nature. Together, Lélia and Sebastião have worked since the 1990’s on the restoration of a small part of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. In 1998 they succeeded in turning this land into a nature reserve and created the Instituto Terra. The Instituto is dedicated to a mission of reforestation, conservation and environmental education." /> Sebastião Salgado was born on February 8th, 1944 in Aimorés, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He lives in Paris. Having studied economics, Salgado began his career as a professional photographer in 1973 in Paris, working with the photo agencies Sygma, Gamma, and Magnum Photos until 1994, when he and Lélia Wanick Salgado formed Amazonas images, an agency created exclusively for his work.He has travelled in over 100 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these, besides appearing in numerous press publications, have also been presented in books such as Other Americas (1986), Sahel: l’homme en détresse (1986), Sahel: el fin del camino (1988), Workers (1993), Terra (1997), Migrations and Portraits (2000), and Africa (2007). Touring exhibitions of this work have been, and continue to be, presented throughout the world.Sebastião Salgado has been awarded numerous major photographic prizes in recognition of his accomplishments. He is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States. 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