As in any person's life, there have been difficult moments: I have a son with Down's syndrome; through my photography, I have witnessed all manner of human degradation. But there have also been very happy moments. — 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
It's not the photographer who makes the picture, but the person being photographed. — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
! 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
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
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
It's more important for a photographer to have very good shoes, than to have a very good camera — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share
...my way of photographing is my way of life. I photograph from my experience, my way of seeing things... — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share
If you take a picture of a human that does not make him noble, there is no reason to take this picture... “If you… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share
