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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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290lots offered2008–2026years recorded79%sold (223)$9.4kSign up free to seemedian price

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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, Macaroni Penguins in Zavodovski Island, The Sandwich Islands, 2009, Gelatin silver print
    Macaroni Penguins in Zavodovski Island, The Sandwich Islands, 2009
    Photograph
    14 3/4 x 20 1/4 in. (37.5 x 51.4 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 120
    $7,500≈ £5,255≈ €6,591Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
  2. Sebastião Salgado, Iceberg Between the Paulet Islands and the Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2005, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Iceberg Between the Paulet Islands and the Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2005
    Photograph
    21 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (54 x 76.8 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 121
    $12,500≈ £8,758≈ €10,984Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $12,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
  3. Sebastião Salgado, Wood Delivery Men, Eastern Sierra Madre, Mexico, Gelatin silver print
    Wood Delivery Men, Eastern Sierra Madre, Mexico
    Photograph
    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · · Lot 340
    $3,125≈ £2,218≈ €2,834Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
  4. Sebastião Salgado, The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA, 2009, Gelatin silver print
    The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA, 2009
    Photograph
    75 x 54 cm (29 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 100
    £16,250≈ $24,599≈ €22,643Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £7,500–8,500View at Phillips ↗
  5. Sebastião Salgado, Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991, Gelatin silver print
    Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991
    Photograph
    35.7 x 53.7 cm (14 x 21 1/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 74
    £3,750≈ $5,677≈ €5,225Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
  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 75
    £5,625≈ $8,515≈ €7,838Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £5,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
  7. Sebastião Salgado, Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica, 2005, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica, 2005
    Photograph
    29 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (74.6 x 54 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 86
    $15,000≈ £9,818≈ €13,329Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $12,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
  8. Sebastião Salgado, Iceberg Between the Paulet Islands and the Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2005, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Iceberg Between the Paulet Islands and the Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2005
    Photograph
    47 1/2 x 65 3/8 in. (120.7 x 166.1 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 91
    $43,750≈ £28,636≈ €38,875Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $35,000–40,000View at Phillips ↗
  9. Sebastião Salgado, Sahara, South of Djanet, Algeria, 2009, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Sahara, South of Djanet, Algeria, 2009
    Photograph
    21 1/8 x 29 5/8 in. (53.7 x 75.2 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 92
    $12,500≈ £8,182≈ €11,107Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
  10. Sebastião Salgado, Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995
    Photograph
    47 1/2 x 70 1/2 in. (120.7 x 179.1 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 97
    $43,750≈ £28,636≈ €38,875Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $35,000–40,000View at Phillips ↗
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