SEBASTIO

SALGADO
SEBASTIO

SALGADO
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Written By Flora La Thangue, edited by Giles Huxley-Parlour.

Colour separation and printing by Geoff Neal Litho Limited.

All images Sebastio Salgado/Amazonas Images/NB Pictures and may not be reproduced without permission.
SEBASTIO

SALGADO
DESERT HELL, KUWAIT, 1991
 INTRODUCTION

I dont know if photography is a passion. Passion is something you can have one day and then the
next day it disappears, replaced by another passion, another wish. It could be that it is a way of life.

Sebastio Salgado has undoubtedly made photography his way of life. Undertaking projects of vast temporal and
geographic scope, he is one of the most celebrated photographers working today. Part of the enduring esteem with
which Salgado is held must result from the incomparably global reach of his lens. His oeuvre is astonishing for the
epic totality of its documentation of humanity and nature. Whilst inescapably memorable for their beauty, Salgados
photographs are laden with political purpose exposing the social and environmental problems facing our planet.

Salgado was born on 8 February 1944 on a large cattle farm in Aimors in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, to a
middle class family as the sixth of eight children. He has said that his childhood spent on the farm heavily influenced
the expansiveness for which his photography is renowned. Salgado moved to a nearby city for school and then to
Vitria and So Paulo to study economics. In 1967 he married Llia Deluiz Wanick who went on to play an integral
role in the development of his photographic practice. He considers his work the product of their partnership, and
Llia to be the visionary and guiding force in the planning and execution of his projects. They have two sons and
one grandson.

Salgado began his career as an economist working for the secretary of finance to the state of So Paulo before
moving to Paris to undertake a doctorate. This move was largely the result of his participation in the student protests
against Brazils military dictatorship that led to the revocation of his Brazilian passport. Exiled for ten years, his
passport was only regained after a process of litigation, but the family decided to remain in Europe, partly to ensure
the care of one of their sons who was born with Downs syndrome. Salgado started working for the International
Coffee Organisation at this time and travelled extensively to Africa for the World Bank.

Salgado began photographing in the early 1970s when Llia bought a camera to use whilst studying architecture.
In 1973 he gave up his career as an economist as photography made a total invasion of his life. After working for
the Sygma and Gamma photo agencies, in 1979 he joined Magnum Photos, the prestigious agency that had been
founded by the four fathers of modern photojournalism Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger
and David Chim Seymour. He cemented his reputation as a photojournalist, when he captured the attempted
assassination of Ronald Reagan in March 1981.

Leaving Magnum in 1994, Salgado set up the photo agency, Amazones Images, in partnership with Llia to promote
his photography. In 1999 the couple also founded the Instituto Terra, a non-profit organisation established to
conserve the Atlantic rainforest that surrounded his family home. Taking over the cattle ranch that had been owned
by his father, Sebastio and Llia set about undoing the devastation caused by deforestation and erosion and recreated
a forest with the species that had once flourished there.
In order to understand the communities and habitats he photographs, Salgado undertakes prolonged projects, or
photo-essays, that present huge, thrilling dramas of clashing geographical, social and cultural structures. His earlier
projects Workers and Migrations centre on the trials of humanity across the globe, taking seven and six years
respectively. Consumerism is constantly impinging on the wilderness in these photographs as the ancient and modern
come into terrifying proximity. Some of Salgados most famous images were taken at the Serra Pelada gold mine in
Brazil where he immortalised scenes of medieval horror as tens of thousands of men worked in appalling conditions.
Despite the foreboding shadow cast by humanitys propulsion towards self-destruction, community is constantly at
the centre of Salgados vision. Displaced, degraded and corrupted, humanity can always be ennobled through the
return to community.

After photographing brutality and violence across the globe, Salgados most recent photo-essay, Genesis, marked a
rekindling of faith in the partnership of humanity and nature. Completed in 2013, the eight-year project is awesome
in the truest sense of the word. Genesis is about returning to origins finding nature in its pure, pristine state. It
takes us on a journey to the remotest regions of the planet to see five tonne elephant seals in South Georgia, the
people of the Dinka tribe herding cattle, thousands of penguins on Zavodovski Island and the Nenets of northern
Siberia crossing the ice into the Arctic Circle. As Salgado has said, Genesis is a mosaic presented by nature itself ,
but it is not just a romantic contemplation of the sublime, instead, it opens up a discussion about what we have done
to the planet and what we must now do to protect it.

Rather than dwelling on the consequences of our disregard for the environment with the polemic zeal of his earlier
work, Genesis is an elegy to the disappearing wonders of the planet. The work is the record of my journey, Salgado
has said, a visual ode to the majesty and fragility of the Earth. But it is also a warning, I hope, of all that we risk
losing. As a photo-essay, Genesis is a strangely timeless document, showing the ancient, the present and the future
in a colossal nexus of human, nature and planet.

More so than any other contemporary photographer, Salgado has come to typify the genre of fine art documentary
photography. Renowned for his highly skilled tonality, the chiaroscuro effect of his dramatic black and white images
has contributed to the repositioning of photography as high art. Salgado has won almost every major photography
prize and is the recipient of a deservedly long list of honours. He is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and his
numerous exhibitions are received to continuous popular and critical acclaim. This success undoubtedly issues from
both his political insight and distinctive aesthetic that renders the world both beautiful and humbling. It is this
combination of societal critique and aesthetic force that makes it impossible not to respond to Salgados photography
with thought and comment.

Flora La Thangue 2014

PLATES
1 DINKA CATTLE CAMP OF AMAK, SOUTHERN SUDAN, 2006

At the end of the day the herd return to the cattle camp of Amak for the night. This is the most active time at the camp.
Several piles of burning cow dung can be seen; the smoke helps to keep insects away.
2 A DINKA CATTLE CAMP OF KEI, SOUTHERN SUDAN, 2006

At the cattle camp of Kei, the Dinkas play a part in shaping the very distinctive horns of their animals, controlling their
growth from an early age into a predetermined shape. The child is covering his cow with ash from burnt dung.
3
A HIMBA WOMAN,
KAOKOLAND,
NAMIBIA, 2005

4
DINKA GIRL AT
KOLKUEI CATTLE
CAMP, SOUTHERN
SUDAN, 2006

5
DINKA MAN,
SOUTHERN SUDAN,
2006
Both the peoples and animals
skins are covered with ash
obtained from burned cow
dung. It sterilizes the skin
against insects and parasites.

6
DINKA MAN,
SOUTHERN SUDAN,
2006

7
DINKA MAN,
SOUTHERN SUDAN,
2006

A young tribesman in the

village of Ger, inside a
traditional house with a
representation of horns carved
into the wall.

8 NAMIBIA, 2006

A leopard drinks from a pool in the Barab River Valley, Damaraland, Namibia.
9 AFRICAN BUFFALO HERD IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA, 2007
10 KAFUE NATIONAL PARK, ZAMBIA, 2010
11 REFUGEES AT THE KOREM CAMP, ETHIOPIA, 1984

Protected by their covers against the cold morning wind, refugees wait in the Korem camp,
Ethiopia, during the terrible famine of 1984-85.
12
MOTHER AND CHILD AT
THE KOREM CAMP,
ETHIOPIA, 1984

Mothers with starving children wait for

assistance amongst 60,000 refugees.
13 MALI, 1985

Nearly one million people were threatened by the drought in Mali during 1985, a country that once prospered from the majestic
Niger River and its lakes to export fish throughout the African continent.
14 MALI, 1985

During the drought over 70% of the livestock died, and thousands deserted their villages and formed shantytowns around already
crowded cities. There had been no harvest for the previous five years, sandstorms slowly covered villages and the lakes became
completely dehydrated.

15 MATA TEA PLANTATION, RWANDA, 1991

A girl covers herself with plastic to protect against the rain. Rwanda is located near the equator, but in the plantation
highlands high humidity produces an extremely wet climate.
16 MAPER PAYEM AREA, RUMBEK DISTRICT, SOUTH SUDAN, 2001

The population of the cattle camp of Keny walk towards polio vaccinators as soon as they arrive.
17 TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA, 1985

In the early morning, after a night of walking, refugees hide themselves under the trees to avoid the surveillance of Ethiopian
aeroplanes. The government wanted to avoid having the population of Tigray move into Sudan.
18 SERRA PELADA, BRAZIL, 1986

Plates 18-20 are taken from Salgados most famous early series photographed at the Serra Pelada gold mine in
Brazil a famously controversial mine that employed thousands of local workers in appalling, perilous conditions. They were
published all over the world, and the vertigo-inducing pictures revealed the scale of the Dante-esque hell endured by
the miners.
19
SERRA PELADA,
BRAZIL, 1986

Every day 50,000 garimperos (gold

diggers) descended Serra Peladas open
top mine, the size of a football field,
in the State of Para. The State gave
barrancos (concessions) of 65 sq ft of
vertical land wells to each owner who
had to dig directly downwards. Each
well had ten people working on it
(diggers, carriers, supervisors), and the
carriers hauled sacks of soil for 0.20
US cents per sack. The men struggled
over one anothers plots and up ladders
to reach the upper edge, where they
received a slip for their sackload. The
mine was open during the dry season
from September to January, otherwise
the terrain made it impossible to use
machinery. The gold diggers were
known as mud hogs as they waded
through dirt and slime. If gold was
found, the plot owner paid 10%
commission to the cooperative.
20
SERRA PELADA,
BRAZIL, 1986

In 1992 the mine was classified a

natural historic reserve by the Brazilian
government, closing it to gold
prospectors. During the peak of the gold
rush the mine was known for appalling
conditions and violence, whilst the town
that grew up beside it was notorious for
both murder and prostitution.

21 DESERT HELL, KUWAIT, 1991

More than 500 oil wells spewed out roaring tornadoes of flames into the black sky, two months after the end of the Gulf War.
Among the companies trying to quench the disaster were Red Adair Co, Boots and Coots, Wild Well Control from Texas
and Safety Boss from Canada.
22 DESERT HELL, KUWAIT, 1991

The Texan companies tried to quell the fires by cooling off their superheated surroundings with jets of water, then blowing
out the blaze with explosive charges before capping them with stingers to choke the flame. Boots and Coots used a different
method, placing cylinders over the flames into which was pumped supercooled liquid nitrogen, which vaporised and suffocated
the fire.
23 THE ISTIQLAL MOSQUE, JAKARTA, INDONESIA, 1996

The mosque of Istiqlal, in the centre of Jakarta, is the largest in the world. The ground floor alone can hold more than
10,000 men in its centre. Women are required to remain in the closed-off parts of the mosque and therefore cannot be seen.
More than 90% of the population of Indonesia are Muslim.
24 CHURCH GATE STATION, BOMBAY, 1995

Church Gate is the terminus station of the Western Railroad line, which brings 2.7 million commuters into Bombay every day.
It is not a large station, but at rush hour trains seem to arrive every 20 seconds. Built by the British, Indias railroad system
covers much of the country. But now, even with the addition of numerous commuter lines, population growth has led to
dangerous overcrowding
25
PERFORMER AT
THE MOUNT
HAGEN SING SING
FESTIVAL, PAPUA
NEW GUINEA, 2006
Every August tribes from all
over the country congregate on
Mount Hagen. Resplendent in
vibrant traditional costumes,
they take part in a long-
standing festival of singing
and dancing that celebrates
the many different cultural
traditions of Papua
New Guinea.
26
PERFORMER AT
THE MOUNT
HAGEN SING SING
FESTIVAL, PAPUA
NEW GUINEA, 2006

27 SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA, 2004

In the gulfs of Peninsula Valdes the sight of whale tails standing up above the water is a beautiful sight. After several
days of close observation one can also predict when a whale will jump the tail is extended very high out of the water before it
is brought down fast, helping to propel the whale forward and up. Alternatively a tail will be standing erect out of the water for
ten minutes or more, and one can tell that the whale is then standing completely vertically underwater in a kind of resting
position; some local people even say that the whales use their tail as a sail as if to be pushed and directed by the wind.
28 THE RORAIMA TEPUI, VENEZUELA, 2006

The Roraima Tepui, which straddles the borders of southeastern Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana, has a surface of almost 14
square miles and rises to a height of 8,933 feet. Its best-known feature is the so-called prow, which reaches into Guyana.
Tepui, a Pemon Indian word for mountain, is now commonly used to describe the particular type of flat-topped mountain to
be found in this region of South America. Varying in height between 3,300 and 9,800 feet, the mesa or plateaus of
the tepuis often have a unique ecosystem characterized by endemic animals and plants.
29 ICEBERG BETWEEN PAULET ISLAND AND THE SHETLAND ISLANDS,
ANTARCTICA, 2005

Icebergs are constantly eroded and moulded by the harsh elements to which they are subjected. The visibly smooth
surface at the sea level mark shows the cumulative effect of wave impact, and the extraordinary castle-like structure at the top
is the result of ice breaking off in sections in strong winds.
30
CHINSTRAP
PENGUINS,
DECEPTION ISLAND,
ANTARCTICA, 2005

In 2005 Salgado travelled to

Antarctica on a 120ft icebraking
yacht to photograph the
continent for his Genesis
project. He visited Deception
Island a dramatic, almost
primeval landscape that is home
to one of the worlds largest
colonies of penguins, and the site
of several active volcanoes.

31 CHINSTRAP PENGUINS ON AN ICEBERG BETWEEN ZAVODOVSKI AND
VISOKOI ISLANDS, SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS, 2009
32 CHINSTRAP PENGUINS ON AN ICEBERG BETWEEN ZAVODOVSKI AND
VISOKOI ISLANDS, SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS, 2009
33 SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL CALVES, SAINT ANDREWS BAY,
SOUTH GEORGIA, 2009
34 ZAVODOVSKI ISLAND, SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS, 2009

Zavodovski Island is the most accessible of the nine tiny volcanic South Sandwich Islands. A 1997 survey estimated
that it is home to some 750,000 couples of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) as well as a large colony of
Macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus). This island boasts the largest concentration of penguins on Earth.
The islands active volcano is visible in the background.
35 YAMAL PENINSULA, SIBERIA, RUSSIA, 2011

North of the Ob River, about 100 kilometers inside the Yamal Peninsula, fierce winds keep even daytime
temperatures low. When the weather is particularly hostile, the Nenets and their reindeer may spend several days in
the same place, doing repair work on sledges and reindeer skins to keep busy. The deeper they move into the Arctic
Circle, the less vegetation is to be found.
36 YAMAL PENINSULA, SIBERIA, RUSSIA, 2011

37 CROSSING THE OB RIVER, SIBERIA, RUSSIA, 2011

Crossing the Ob River to enter the Arctic Circle involves traveling some 31 miles over ice. The way of life of the
Nenets of the Siberian Arctic is inseparable from the reindeer. Every spring, they move enormous herds from winter
pastures on the Russian mainland, travelling over 620 miles northwards to summer pastures in the Arctic Circle. This ritual is
so old that to this day it seems unclear whether the Nenets follow the reindeer, or vice versa. The migration starts in mid-
March in freezing temperatures and is immediately challenged by the need to cross the frozen Ob River. But the Nenets take
this in their stride, bolstered by a regimented work ethic and a robust culture.
38 KAFUE NATIONAL PARK, ZAMBIA, 2010

Nights can be cold during the Zambian winter. At dawn the water in lakes and small rivers, still warm from the
previous days sun, vaporises and condenses to form strange and beautiful fog banks seen here from a balloon
at 5:30am.
39 CONFLUENCE OF THE COLORADO AND LITTLE COLORADO RIVERS,
ARIZONA, USA, 2010

40 BAOBAB TREES ON A MUSHROOM ISLAND IN THE BAY OF
MORAMBA, MADAGASCAR, 2010

41 BIGHORN CREEK, KLUANE NATIONAL PARK, CANADA, 2011

42
ARCTIC NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE,
ALASKA, 2009

The Arctic National Wildlife

Refuge is the largest of its
kind in the United States,
and stretches for over two
hundred miles. Seen from high
up in the Brooks Range is a
dramatic, sublime landscape
of mountains, river valleys and
glaciers that make up this part
of the reserve.
MAIN PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS
1978 On the problems of accommodation and conditions of living in the 4000 Habitations La Courneuve, in the suburbs of
Paris. Work ordered by the local council in order to set up a major exhibition exposing this problem.

1979 Photographic research on the varying degrees of success of how immigrants have integrated themselves into European
society. Work mainly carried in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal and Italy .

1977-84 Research on the living conditions of peasants and the cultural resistance of the Indians and their descendants in Latin
America. Work mainly carried out in Mexico and Brazil .

1984-85 Work about the devastating effects of the drought in the Sahel region of Africa, working with the humanitarian aid group,
Mdecins Sans Frontires.

1986-92 Documentary project on the end of large-scale manual labour, working in 26 countries.

1994-99 Migration. A long term project focusing on 36 examples of migration throughout the world.

2001 Series of photo-essays on the global polio eradication campaign spearheaded by UNICEF and WHO.

2004-2013 Genesis. A series of black-and-white photographs of landscapes, wildlife and human aspects including World
Heritage sites, aiming to depict the unblemished faces of nature and humanity.

AWARDS
1982 Eugene Smith Award for Humanitarian Photography, USA.

1984 Prix de la Ville de Paris et Kodak, for Other Americas, France.

1985 World Press Photo Award, the Netherlands.

Oskar Barnack Prize, for Humanitarian Story, West Germany.

1986 Premio de la Foto Ibero Americana, Spain.

Photojournalist of the Year Award, The International Center of Photography, USA.
Prix du Livre, for Sahel, lHomme en Dtresse, Arles International Festival, France.
Grand Prix and Prix du Public for the show Other Americas from the Month of Photography, Paris Audio Visuel, France.

1987 Photographer of the Year Award, American Society of Magazine Photography, USA.
Photographer of the Year Award, Maine Photography Workshop, USA.
Olivier Rebbot Award, from Overseas Press Club, USA.
Jounalistenpreis Entwicklungspolitik, West Germany.
Prix Villa Mdicis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France.

1988 Erich Salomon Prize, West Germany.

Premio de Fotografa Rey de Espaa, Spain.
 Photojournalist of the Year Award, International Center of Photography, USA.
The Gold Award, Art Directors Club, USA.

1989 Erna and Victor Hasselblad Award, for lifetime achievement, Sweden.
The Artist of Merit Josef Sudek Medal, Tchecoslovakia.

1990 The Maine Photographic Workshop Award for Best Photography Book An Uncertain Grace, USA.
Visa dOr Award, International Festival of Photojournalism of Perpignan, France.

1991 The Common Wealth Award, for Mass Communication, USA.

Le Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris, France.
The Gold Award, Art Directors Club, USA.

1992 Elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Science, Massachusetts, USA.
Oskar Barnack Prize, Germany.
Art Directors Club Award , Germany.

1993 Prize for the Best Photography Book of the Year, for Workers, Arles International Festival, France.
Trophe Match dOr, for lifetime achievement, France.
The World Hunger Year Harry Chapin Media Award, for photojournalism, for the book Workers , USA.

1994 Publication Award for, Workers, the International Center of`Photography, USA.
Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship, The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, UK.
Professional Photographer of the Year PMDA Photographic Manufacturers and Distributors Association, USA.
Grand Prix National, Ministry of Culture and French-Speaking Countries, France.
Award of Excellence, and Silver Award, Society of Newspaper Design, USA.

1995 Silver Medal, Art Directors Club, USA.

Silver Medal, Art Directors Club, Germany.

1996 Award Overseas Press Club of America, Citation for Excellence, USA.
Auszeichnung, Art Directors Club, Germany.

1997 Prmio Nacional de Fotografia, Ministry of Culture, Funarte, Brazil.

Prmio A Luta pela Terra, Personalidade da reforma agrria, Movement of Landless Peasants, Brazil.

1998 Silver medal, Art Directors Club, Germany.

The 1998 Alfred Eisenstaedt Life Legend Award, Life Magazine, USA.
Prmio Jabuti, for the book Terra, Brazil.
Principe de Asturias Award for Arts, Spain.

1999 The 1999 Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography/ The Way We Live, USA.
Prmio Unesco, Culture category. Brazil.

2000 Medal of Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana, International Research Center Pio Manz, Italy.
2001 Doutor Honoris Causa, University of Evora, Evora, Portugal.
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, New School University, New York, USA.
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, USA
Prmio Muriqui 2000, Conselho Nacional da Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlntica, Brazil.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Ayuda en Accion Prize, Ayuda en Accion NGO, Madrid, Spain.

2002 Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

The Art Directors Club 81st Annual Awards 2002 Merit Award for The final fight against polio, USA

2003 International Award of The 2003 Photographic Society of Japans, Tokyo, Japan.

2004 Comendador da Ordem de Rio Branco, Brazil.

2005 Gold Medal Award for Photography, The National Arts Club, New York, USA.

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS
Anger in Africa
Galerie Henri Plait, Paris, France, 1977.
The World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland, 1977.

Les 4000 Logements de la Courneuve

Centre Culturel Jean-Houdremont, La Courneuve, France, 1978.

Vidas Scas
Magnum Galerie, Paris, France, 1984.

Sahel: lHomme en Dtresse

Canon Photo Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1986.
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 1986.
Festival International dArles, France, 1986
Muse de lElyse, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1987.
Museu de Arte de So Paulo, Brazil, 1988.
National Gallery of Art, Beijing, China, 1989.
Biennale de Ctini, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, 1997.

Other Americas
Galeria de Fotografia da Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1982.
Fotogaleria Fotoptica, So Paulo, Brazil, 1983.
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Madrid, Spain, 1986.
Maison de lAmrique Latine, Paris, France, 1986.
Muse de lElyse, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1987.
Tornio Arts Museum, Oulou, Finland, 1988.
Museum Mishkan LeOmanut, Israel, 1988.
Museum Voor Land in Volkenkunde, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1988.
Fundao Nacional da Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1988.
Palace of Youth, Shangai, China, 1989.
Museum Fr Fotografie, Baunschweig, Germany, 1991.
Festival de Rouen, France, 1991.
Rencontres Internationales dArles, France, 1991.
Muse Municipal, Dudelange, Luxembourg, 1992.
Pazo Fonseca, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1992.
Galeria 2000, Cordoba, Spain, 1992.
Gran Teatro de Cordoba, Spain, 1993.
Montpellier Photo Visions, France, 1995.
Hessenhuis, City of Antwerp, Belgium, 1996.
Art Gallery, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA, 1998.
Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC, USA, 1998.
Centro Insular de Cultura, Las Palmas, Canary Island, Spain, 1999.
Bayrische Staatsoper, Munich, Germany, 1999.
De Beyerd, Centre for Contemporary Art, Breda, the Netherlands, 2002.
Festival of Pingyao, China, 2003.

Retrospective
Hasselblad Center, Gteborg, Sweden, 1989.
Bienal de Cuba, La Havana, Cuba, 1989.
Knsthalle, Dusseldorf, West Germany, 1990.
Photographers Gallery, London, UK, 1990.
Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, 1990.
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK, 1991.
Fotogallery, Cardiff, UK, 1992.
Glasgow Arts Centre, UK, 1992.
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1993.
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, UK, 1994.
LEspace Photographique de Paris, France, 1996.

An Uncertain Grace
Modern Art Museum of San Francisco, CA, USA, 1990.
Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1991.
International Center of Photography, New York, NY, USA, 1991.
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, USA, 1991.
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA, 1992.
Carpenter Center Harvard, MASS, USA, 1992 .
Stdtisches Museum, City of Schleswig, Germany, 1996.
Victor Barsokevitsch Valokuvakeskus, Kuopio, Finland, 1997.
Ayuntamiento de Valladolid, Spain, 1998.
EFDI, Madrid, Spain, 1999.
Casa de las Ciencias, La Corua, Spain, 1999.
4th Festival Chroniques Nomades, Les Greniers Sel, Honfleur, France, 2000.
EFDI, Valencia, Spain, 2000.
Workers
Rmisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne, Germany, 1992.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1993.
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 1993.
Centro Cultural de Blem, Lisbon, Portugal, 1993.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain, 1993.
The JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KT, USA, 1993.
National Gallery Slovakia, Bratislava , Slovakia, 1993.
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK, 1993.
Fundacion Cultural, CAM, Alicante, Spain, 1994.
Palazzo delle Esposicioni, Roma, Italy, 1994.
The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IO, USA, 1994.
Muse de lElyse, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1994.
Museu de Arte Moderna, MAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1994.
Museu de Arte de So Paulo, MASP, Brazil, 1994.
Museu Metropolitano de Arte de Curitiba, Brazil, 1994.
The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1994.
Arberjdermuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1994.
Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1994.
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA, 1994.
Bibliothque Mjanes, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1994.
High Museum of Art Folk, Art and Photography Galleries, Atlanta, GA, USA, 1994.
Palazzo Affari ai Giureconsulti, Milan, Italy, 1994.
The National Musem of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, UK, 1994.
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 1995.
International Center of Photography, New York, NY, USA, 1995.
The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, UK, 1995.
Onomichi Municipal Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan, 1995.
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1995.
Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, Italy, 1995.
Palais de Beitaddine, Le Chouf, Lebanon, 1995.
The John & Marble Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, USA, 1995.
Georges Eastman House, Rochester, NY, USA, 1995.
Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA, USA, 1996.
Museo dellautomobile, Movimento Sviluppo e Pace, Turin, Italy, 1996.
Chiostri S.Domenico, Imola, Italy, 1996.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, USA, 1996.
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany, 1996.
Hall Victor Hugo, Limpersberg, Luxembourg, 1996.
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NA, USA, 1996.
Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI, USA, 1997.
Museo de Belas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela, 1997.
Museo de Arte Moderno Jsus Soto, Bolivar, Venezuela, 1997.
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, USA, 1997.
Grand-Hornu Images, Hornu, Belgium, 1997.
Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1997.
Instituto Cultural Brasileiro, Berlin, Germany, 1997.
Andorran National Commission for Unesco, Principality of Andorra, 1998.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico, 1998.
The Old Kornhaus, Berne, Switzerland, 1999.
Stadtische Gallery, Iserlohn, Germany, 1999.
Contemporary Art Center Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland, 2000.
Norsk Industriarbeider Museum, Rjukan, Norway, 2000.
Festival Schichtwechsel 2000, Saarbruck, Germany, 2000.
Ghetto Degli Ebrei, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy, 2001.
Associaao Cultural Musica XXI, Faro, Portugal, 2001.
Palazzo Cisterna, Biella, Italy, 2001.
The De Menil Gallery, Groton School, Groton, MA, USA, 2005.
On a train touring throughout the country, Czech Republic, 2005.
Zourab Tsereteli Gallery, Fine Art Academy, Moscow, Russia, 2006.
Fundacion Caja Vital, Vitoria, Spain, 2006.

Serra Pelada
Galerie Debret, Paris, France, 1994.
Palais des Congrs, Saint Jean des Monts, France, 1995.
Le Latina, Paris, France, 1995.
Palm Beach Photographic Museum, FL, USA, 1996.
Muse de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium, 1996.
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, USA, 1996.
Groupe dAnimation Photographique, Cholet, France, 1997.
Archivo Historico y Museo de Mineria, Pachuca, Mexico, 1998.

Terra
Festival Atlantida des Cultures Lusophones, Galerie de la Seita, Paris, France, 1997.
Festival Son Latino, Tenerife, Espagne, 2000.
The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, 2001.
Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2003.
The Pharos Trust, Fotodos Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2004.

Migrations
Georges Eastman House, Rochester, NY, USA, 2000.
Maison Europenne de la Photographie, Paris, France, 2000.
Sesc Pompia, So Paulo, Brazil, 2000.
Parque das Naes, Pavilho de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, 2000.
Planetrio-Museu do Universo and Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2000.
Scuderie Papali al Quirinale, Roma, Italy, 2000.
Usina do Gasmetro, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2000.
Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain, 2000.
United Nations Hall, New York, NY, USA, 2000.
Htel de la Rgion, Marseille, France, 2000.
Arengario and Istituto Martinitt, Milan, Italy, 2000.
Fundacin PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2000.
Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland, 2001.
Espao Cultural Contemporneo Venncio - ECCO, Brasilia, Brazil, 2001.
The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK, 2001.
La Pedrera, Barcelona, Spain, 2001.
Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2001.
Le Botanique, Brussells, Belgium, 2001.
International Center of Photography, New York, NY, USA, 2001.
City Art Centre, Edinburgh, UK, 2001.
Ponte Alto, Modena, Italy, 2001.
Manes Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, 2001.
The Marion Center for Photographic Arts/The Museum of Fine Arts/The Childrens Museum, Santa F, NM, USA, 2001.
Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2001.
Kornhaus, Bern, Switzerland, 2002.
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, USA, 2002.
Alicante, Valencia, Murca, Spain, 2002.
Norsk Industriarbeider Museum, Rjukan, Norway, 2002.
Bunkamura, Tokyo, Japan, 2002.
Portland Museum of Art/Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, USA, 2003.
Barbican Gallery, London, UK, 2003.
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 2003.
Chicago Cultural Center/Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, IL, USA, 2003.
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, UK, 2003 (The Children)
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany, 2003/2004 (The Children)
Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 2004.
Ackland Art Museum, Caroline du Nord, NC, USA, 2004.
South Texas Institute for the Arts, TX, USA, 2004.
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland, 2005.
Center for Documentary Arts, The Leonardo Art, Culture and Science Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2005.
Westlicht, Showplace for Photography, Vienna, Austria, 2005/2006. (The Children)

Genesis
Parque Pedra da ebola, Vitoria, ES, Brazil, 2006.
Museu de Artes e Oficios, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 2006.
Parque San Francisco, Oviedo, Spain, 2006.
Natural History Museum, London, UK, 2013
International Center of Photography, New York, NY, USA, 2014
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COLLECTIONS
Muse de lElyse, Lausanne, Switzerland.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan.
Ville du Port, Ile de la Runion, DOM, France.
Museum Modern Art, Glasgow, UK.
Fundao Cultural de Curitiba, Brazil.
Bibliothque Nationale de France, Paris.
Maison Europenne de la Photographie, Paris, France.
Museum fr Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA, USA
New York Museum of Modern Art, NY, USA
Chicago Art Institute, MI, USA
Minneapolis Museum of Art, USA
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, USA
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, USA
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