Sebastião SalgadoBrazilian, 1944–2025Genesis
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National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Aug 19, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
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- Accession number
- 2025.101.2.1-50
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Meanwhile, in the life of Sebastião Salgado
The whole life2003
Susan Sontag accuses him of aestheticizing suffering
In her book “Regarding the Pain of Others” Susan Sontag reproached Salgado for aestheticizing poverty and suffering in photography.
2004 · Award
Lucie Award
2007
Publishes “Africa”
“Africa” was published by Taschen, and the exhibition of the same name won the M2-El Mundo People's Choice Award for best exhibition at PhotoEspaña.
September – October 2007
Coffee workers at the Brazilian Embassy in London
Salgado showed photographs of coffee workers from India, Guatemala, Ethiopia and Brazil to make the public aware of where the popular drink comes from. In 2015 he published the book “The Scent of a Dream: Travels in the World of Coffee”.
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