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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, Goundam region. This woman blinded by sandstorms and chronic eye infections, has reached a refugee camp. Mali, 1985, 1985/2020, Fine Print
    Goundam region. This woman blinded by sandstorms and chronic eye infections, has reached a refugee camp. Mali, 1985, 1985/2020
    Print (other)
    60 x 50 cm (23.6 x 19.6 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 142
    €7,500≈ $8,571≈ £6,831Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €6,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  2. Sebastião Salgado, Gold Mine, Brazil [Backs], 1986, Gelatin silver print, printed 2004
    Gold Mine, Brazil [Backs], 1986
    Photograph
    17 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (45.1 x 30.2 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 207
    $10,000≈ £7,939≈ €8,827Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–8,000View at Phillips ↗
  3. Sebastião Salgado, Children's Ward in the Korem Refugee Camp, Ethiopia, 1984, Gelatin silver print, printed 1996
    Children's Ward in the Korem Refugee Camp, Ethiopia, 1984
    Photograph
    17 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. (44.1 x 29.5 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 208
    $8,125≈ £6,450≈ €7,172Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
  4. Sebastião Salgado, Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995
    Photograph
    21 1/4 x 32 in. (54 x 81.3 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 209
    $15,000≈ £11,909≈ €13,240Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
  5. Sebastião Salgado, Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, Southern Sudan, 2006, Gelatin silver print
    Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, Southern Sudan, 2006
    Photograph
    21 1/2 x 29 in. (54.6 x 73.7 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 210
    $12,500≈ £9,924≈ €11,034Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
  6. Sebastião Salgado, Enfant Yanomami à Lafakabuco, 1998, Heliogravur auf Bütten
    Enfant Yanomami à Lafakabuco, 1998
    Print (other) · Paper
    31,5 x 20,5cm
    Van Ham · · Lot 98
    €839≈ $942≈ £756Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €500–View at Van Ham ↗
  7. Sebastião Salgado, Rwanda, 1995, Heliogravur
    Rwanda, 1995
    Print (other)
    26,5 x 39cm
    Van Ham · · Lot 87
    €1,548≈ $1,708≈ £1,334Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €500–View at Van Ham ↗
  8. Sebastião Salgado, Fishing in the Piulaga Laguna during the Kuarup ceremony of the Waura Group, Upper Xingu Basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2005, Gelatin silver print
    Fishing in the Piulaga Laguna during the Kuarup ceremony of the Waura Group, Upper Xingu Basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2005
    Photograph
    46.2 x 37.7 cm (18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 100
    £18,750≈ $24,049≈ €21,652Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
  9. Sebastião Salgado, The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Alaska, 2009, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Alaska, 2009
    Photograph
    36.8 x 51 cm (14 1/2 x 20 1/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 102
    £8,750≈ $11,223≈ €10,104Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £7,000–9,000View at Phillips ↗
  10. Sebastião Salgado, Iceberg between the Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2005, Gelatin silver print, printed later, flush-mounted
    Iceberg between the Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2005
    Photograph
    47 1/2 x 65 1/4 in. (120.7 x 165.7 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 182
    $31,250≈ £25,508≈ €28,675Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $25,000–35,000View at Phillips ↗
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