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Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian · 1944–2025 · Painter, Photographer

Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior was a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. (Wikipedia)

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  1. Sebastião Salgado, Gold Mine, 1986, Paris: Self-published, 2013-2014. Twenty selenium-toned silver printsGold MinePhillips · $129,000≈ £95,946≈ €110,153Sign up to see
  2. Sebastião Salgado, Southern Right Whale, Navigating in the Golfo Nuevo, Valdés Peninsula, Argentina, 2005, Gelatin silver print, printed 2014Southern Right Whale, Navigating in the Golfo Nuevo, Valdés Peninsula, ArgentinaPhillips · $100,000≈ £75,552≈ €85,085Sign up to see
  3. Sebastião Salgado, The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA, 2009, Gelatin silver printThe Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USAPhillips · $97,500≈ £65,865≈ €90,028Sign up to see

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  1. Sebastião Salgado, Churchgate Station, Bombay, India, 1995, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Churchgate Station, Bombay, India, 1995
    Photograph
    26 x 39 in. (66 x 99.1 cm) Overall 38 1/2 x 51 1/2 in. (97.8 x 130.8 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 173
    $15,480≈ £11,576≈ €13,332Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $12,000–18,000View at Phillips ↗
  2. Sebastião Salgado, Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antartica) on an iceberg located between Zavodovski and Visokoi Islands, South Sandwich Islands, 2009, Gelatin silver print
    Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antartica) on an iceberg located between Zavodovski and Visokoi Islands, South Sandwich Islands, 2009
    Photograph
    12 x 16 1/2 in. (30.5 x 41.9 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 183
    $11,430≈ £8,830≈ €10,580Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $7,000–9,000View at Phillips ↗
  3. Sebastião Salgado, Ethiopian Refugees, 1984, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Ethiopian Refugees, 1984
    Photograph
    13 x 20 1/8 in. (33 x 51.1 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 184
    $5,080≈ £3,924≈ €4,702Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
  4. Sebastião Salgado, First Communion in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil (from the Year of Tibet Portfolio I), platinum palladium print
    First Communion in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil (from the Year of Tibet Portfolio I)
    Photograph
    8¾ h x 13⅛ w in (22 x 33 cm)
    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · · Lot 168
    $889≈ £697≈ €842Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
  5. Sebastião Salgado, Brasil“. Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, 1986, Späterer Silbergelatineabzug
    Brasil“. Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, 1986
    Photograph
    33,8 × 22,4 cm
    Grisebach · · Lot 1415
    €5,842≈ $6,145≈ £4,855Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €5,000–7,000View at Grisebach ↗
  6. Sebastião Salgado, Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991
    Photograph
    34.2 x 51.4 cm (13 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 76
    £10,795≈ $13,645≈ €12,963Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £5,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
  7. Sebastião Salgado, Saint Sebastian, Serra Pelada Gold Mine, Brazil, gelatin silver print
    Saint Sebastian, Serra Pelada Gold Mine, Brazil
    Photograph
    13⅜ h x 20 w in (34 x 51 cm)
    Rago Auctions · · Lot 160
    $4,032≈ £3,105≈ €3,725Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
  8. Sebastião Salgado, The Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, State of Para, Brazil, 1986, Gelatin silver print
    The Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, State of Para, Brazil, 1986
    Photograph
    17 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (43.8 x 29.5 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 404
    $10,160≈ £7,765≈ €9,273Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
  9. Sebastião Salgado, Croatie, 1994, silver gelatin print
    Croatie, 1994
    Photograph
    image size: 24 by 36cm; 73 by 81 by 4cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 340
    ZAR 35,175≈ $2,001≈ £1,515≈ €1,799Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 5,000–7,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  10. Sebastião Salgado, Crossing what was once a lake, Mali 1985, 1985, Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper
    Crossing what was once a lake, Mali 1985, 1985
    Photograph · Paper
    50,7 x 60,5 cm
    OstLicht Photo Auction · · Lot 198
    €3,000≈ $3,262≈ £2,552HammerSign up free to seeEst. €5,000–6,000View at OstLicht Photo Auction ↗
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