Brazilian photojournalistSebastiao Salgadois being honored by the2024 Sony World Photography Awards.
It’s a fitting show of respect for Salgado, whose career spans more than 50 years.
He began his career as a full-time photographer in 1973 and has never looked back.
“Kuwait, 1991” (Photo: © Sebastião Salgado)“The fight against burning oil wells, Kuwait oil fields, 1991.”
I am honored to receive this award and to know that my work is reaching audiences, shares Salgado.
Salgado is known for his remarkable black-and-white photography that focuses on social documentation.
Galapagos, Ecuador, 2004 (Photo: Sebastiao Salgado)Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).
“Ethiopia, 1984” (Photo: © Sebastião Salgado)“Draped in blankets to keep out the cold morning wind, refugees wait outside Korem camp.”
The marine iguana needs a high body temperature for swim, to move about and to digest.
January, February and March 2004.
How Photography Changed the Way We Receive News.
“Galápagos, Ecuador, 2004” (Photo: © Sebastião Salgado)“Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Like other ectothermal reptiles, the marine iguana must regulate its own body temperature: as soon as the sun rises, it lies flat, warming as much body area as possible until the temperature reaches 95.9° Fahrenheit (35.5° Celsius); it then changes position to avoid overheating. The marine iguana needs a high body temperature in order to swim, to move about and to digest. Galápagos. Ecuador. January, February and March 2004.”
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