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Sebastião Salgado Dies at 81
His death was confirmed by Instituto Terra, the environmental organization he co-founded with his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, and the French Académie des Beaux Arts.
JONAS CUENIN
May 23, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
As Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado died today, Blind simply shares with its readers this very sad news, and pays tribute to one of the most important visual artists of the last century.
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Sebastião Salgado, the internationally acclaimed Brazilian photographer and environmentalist whose black-and-white images chronicled the dignity of workers, the plight of migrants, and the unspoiled beauty of the planet, died on May 23, 2025. He was 81. His death was confirmed by Instituto Terra, the environmental organization he co-founded with his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado.
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