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Sebastião Salgado: career timeline

Brazilian · 1944–2025 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 265 of 289 lots (92% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Sebastião Salgado: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1970s110—Photograph
1980s8066$7.1kSign upPhotograph
1990s4942$10.5kSign upPhotograph
2000s10588$12.5kSign upPhotograph
2010s2011$10.8kSign upPhotograph

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1970s 11 works

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0 of 11
Median
—
Average
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Typical size
10 × 8 in (25 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (11)
Subjects
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1980s 80 works

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66 of 80
Median
$7.1kSign up
Average
$9.6kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 18 in (34 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (78), Print (other) (1), Other (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Rivers & marshes (4)
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…and 56 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 49 works

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42 of 49
Median
$10.5kSign up
Average
$13.9kSign up
Typical size
14 × 20.5 in (36 × 53 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (47), Print (other) (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (10), Cattle & animals (1), Beach scenes (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 25 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 105 works

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88 of 105
Median
$12.5kSign up
Average
$19.7kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 21.5 in (54 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (105)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (10), Landscapes (4), Sea & coast (3)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 81 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 20 works

Sold
11 of 20
Median
$10.8kSign up
Average
$10.9kSign up
Typical size
21 × 21 in (54 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (20)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (2), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 8 more (2010s)

Creation date not recorded

24 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 4 works

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2 of 4
Median
$7.9kSign up
Average
$7.9kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 22 in (43 × 56 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (4)
Subjects
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Undated, sold in the 2010s 10 works

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6 of 10
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$5.3kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 20 in (37 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (10)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works

Sold
7 of 10
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
9 × 13 in (23 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (9), Other (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 4 more (2020s)

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Sebastião Salgado auction results →