I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not. — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
! discovered photography completely by chance. My wife is an architect; when we were young and living in Paris, she bought a camera to take pictures of buildings. For the first time, I looked through a lens - and photography… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
I have a way to photograph. You work with space, you have a camera, you have a frame, and then a fraction of a… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
It's not the photographer who makes the picture, but the person being photographed. — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
What I want is the world to remember the problems and the people I photograph. What I want is to create a discussion about… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
When I was starting out, when I put aside my career as an economist. I looked at every book, went to every show, did… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
More than ever, I feel that the human race is one. There are differences of colour, language, culture and opportunities, but people's feelings and… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
Photography is full of symbolism, it's a symbolic language. You have to be able to materialize all your thoughts in one single image. — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
When I was just starting out, I met Cartier-Bresson. He wasn't young in age but, in his mind, he was the youngest person I'd… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
! discovered photography completely by chance. My wife is an architect; when we were young and living in Paris, she bought a camera to… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
So many times I've photographed stories that show the degradation of the planet. I had one idea to go and photograph the factories that… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
What I want is to create a discussion about what is happening around the world and to provoke some debate with these pictures. Nothing… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
