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Sebastião Salgado was born in 1944 in Aimorés, Minas Gerais,Brazil and studied economics before moving to Paris where he completed a Ph.D. in economics and was employed as an economist for International Coffee Organization until 1973. During a trip to Africa, Salgado borrowed his wife's camera and it was after this period that Salgado decided to go into photography, first joining the Sygma agency (1973-74) and then going to Gamma (1975-79). He later joined the Magnum photo agency in 1979 but left in 1994 due to his unhappiness with the way his work was being used/sold. After leaving Magnum Salgado launched his own photo agency called Amazonas Images which currently represents Salgado and his work.
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All Images by Sebastião Salgado
- Top left - Sebastião Salgado
- Middle left - Refugee from Gondan, Mali, 1985
- Middle right - Gold mine, Serra Pelada in the federal state of Pará, Brazil
- Bottom left - Sahel - The End of the Road
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