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Sebastião Salgado(1944-2025)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Additional Crew
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Sebastião Salgado in The Salt of the Earth (2014)
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Sebastião Salgado was born on 8 February 1944 in Aimorés, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was a cinematographer, known for The Salt of the Earth (2014), A Grande Arte (1991) and En busca de la felicidad (1998). He was married to Lélia Wanick Salgado. He died on 23 May 2025 in Paris, France.
BornFebruary 8, 1944
DiedMay 23, 2025(81)
BornFebruary 8, 1944
DiedMay 23, 2025(81)
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Known for

The Salt of the Earth (2014)
The Salt of the Earth
8.4
  • Self - Photographer
  • 2014
Peter Coyote and Amanda Pays in A Grande Arte (1991)
A Grande Arte
6.1
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1991
En busca de la felicidad
Short
  • Cinematographer
  • 1998
The Spectre of Hope (2001)
The Spectre of Hope
7.7
  • Self
  • 2001

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • En busca de la felicidad
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1998

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Peter Coyote and Amanda Pays in A Grande Arte (1991)
    A Grande Arte
    6.1
    • still photographer: "Drought in Eastern Sudan"
    • 1991

Additional Crew

  • Petro-Melancholie (2022)
    Petro-Melancholie
    TV Movie
    • archive
    • 2022

Videos4

Dirt! The Movie
Clip 0:23
Dirt! The Movie
Bande-annonce [OV]
Trailer 1:45
Bande-annonce [OV]
Bande-annonce [OV]
Trailer 1:45
Bande-annonce [OV]
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Trailer 2:00
Official Trailer
Dirt! The Movie
Trailer 1:46
Dirt! The Movie

Personal details

  • Official sites
    • Academie Des Beaux Arts
    • Discogs
  • Alternative name
    • Sebastiao Salgado
  • Born
    • February 8, 1944
    • Aimorés, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Died
    • May 23, 2025
    • Paris, France(leukemia)
  • Spouse
    • Lélia Wanick Salgado1967 - May 23, 2025 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
    • Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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    In April 2001, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) named Salgado, an internationally renowned Brazilian photographer, as its 'special representative'. The nomination came at the opening of Salgado's photo exhibition titled "Migrations", the result of a seven-year project depicting the global displacement of people, especially of children.

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