I have a way to photograph. You work with space, you have a camera, you have a frame, and then a fraction… — Sebastiao Salgado Cameras Copy Share Image
It's not the photographer who makes the picture, but the person being photographed. — Sebastiao Salgado Inspirational 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… — Sebastiao Salgado Appreciate 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… — Sebastiao Salgado Aside 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… — Sebastiao Salgado Colour 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… — Sebastiao Salgado Areas 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… — Sebastiao Salgado Able 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… — Sebastiao Salgado Age Copy Share Image
! discovered photography completely by chance. My wife is an architect; when we were young and living in Paris, she bought a… — Sebastiao Salgado Architect 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… — Sebastiao Salgado Degradation 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… — Sebastiao Salgado Around the world Copy Share Image
It's more important for a photographer to have very good shoes, than to have a very good camera — Sebastiao Salgado Cameras Copy Share Image
...my way of photographing is my way of life. I photograph from my experience, my way of seeing things... — Sebastiao Salgado Life Copy Share Image
If you take a picture of a human that does not make him noble, there is no reason to take this picture...… — Sebastiao Salgado Doe Copy Share Image
Photography has become a small world with so many jealous people. You do a story and then a lot of people try… — Sebastiao Salgado Become Copy Share Image
I have been photographing the portrait of an end of an era, as machines and computers replace human workers. What we have… — Sebastiao Salgado Archeology Copy Share Image
I don't want anyone to appreciate the light or the palette of tones. I want my pictures to inform, to provoke discussion… — Sebastiao Salgado Appreciate Copy Share Image
I'm not an artist. An artist makes an object. Me, it's not an object, I work in history, I'm a storyteller. — Sebastiao Salgado Art Copy Share Image
I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of… — Sebastiao Salgado Average Copy Share Image
I work alone. Humans are incredible, because when you come alone, they will receive you, they accept you, they protect you, they… — Sebastiao Salgado Accepting Copy Share Image
I'm not a religious person. The language of photography is symbolic. — Sebastiao Salgado Language Copy Share Image
The picture is not made by the photographer, the picture is more good or less good in function of the relationship that… — Sebastiao Salgado Function Copy Share Image
The language that photography has is a formal language. Any photographer is doing something formal. If it's formal, then it must be… — Sebastiao Salgado Aesthetic Copy Share Image
I can be an artist a posteriori, not a priori. If my pictures tell the story, our story, human story, then in… — Sebastiao Salgado Art Copy Share Image
