Sebastião Salgado

1944 -

country of citizenship: Brazil, France

languages spoken, written or signed: French, Brazilian Portuguese, English

educated at: ENSAE Paris, University of São Paulo, Federal University of Espírito Santo

occupation: photojournalist, painter, photographer

award received: Hasselblad Award, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Dr. Erich Salomon Prize, Cherry Kearton Medal and Award, Oskar Barnack Award, Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography, Premios Internacionales de Periodismo Rey de España, Lucie Award, Ordem do Mérito Cultural, Knight of the Order of Cultural Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Crystal Award, Praemium Imperiale, Commander of the Order of Rio Branco, Knight of the Legion of Honour

position held: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

official website: www.amazonasimages.com

Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (born February 8, 1944) is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. He has traveled in over 120 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these have appeared in numerous press publications and books. Touring exhibitions of his work have been presented throughout the world. Salgado is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He was awarded the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in 1982, Foreign Honorary Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992 and the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in 1993. He has been a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at the Institut de France since April 2016. Source: Wikipedia (en)