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Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian · 1944–2025 · Painter, Photographer

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

$129,000≈ £95,946≈ €110,153Sign uprecord price · incl. premiumGold MinePhillips290lots offered2008–2026years recorded79%sold (223)$9.4kSign up free to seemedian price

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  1. Gold Mine by Sebastião Salgado, 1986, Paris: Self-published, 2013-2014. Twenty selenium-toned silver prints, sold Apr 2026Gold MinePhillips · $129,000≈ £95,946≈ €110,153Sign up to see
  2. Southern Right Whale, Navigating in the Golfo Nuevo, Valdés Peninsula, Argentina by Sebastião Salgado, 2005, Gelatin silver print, printed 2014, sold Oct 2017Southern Right Whale, Navigating in the Golfo Nuevo, Valdés Peninsula, ArgentinaPhillips · $100,000≈ £75,552≈ €85,085Sign up to see
  3. The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA by Sebastião Salgado, 2009, Gelatin silver print, sold Apr 2015The 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. Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, Southern Sudan by Sebastião Salgado, 2006, Gelatin silver print, printed later, offered Apr 2022
    Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, Southern Sudan, 2006
    Photograph
    14 1/2 x 20 in. (36.8 x 50.8 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 258
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $7,000–9,000View at Phillips ↗
  2. The Faces of Other Americas, Bolivia by Sebastião Salgado, 1977, Fotografia in bianco e nero, offered May 2021
    The Faces of Other Americas, Bolivia, 1977
    Photograph
    17,8x23,9 cm
    Farsettiarte · · Lot 56
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €1,000–1,800View at Farsettiarte ↗
  3. The Refugee Camp of Korem, Ethiopia by Sebastião Salgado, 1984, Gelatin silver print, offered May 2021
    The Refugee Camp of Korem, Ethiopia, 1984
    Photograph
    29.6 x 44 cm (11 5/8 x 17 3/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 105
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £4,000–6,000View at Phillips ↗
  4. Dinka Group at Pagarau Cattle Camp, Southern Sudan, Africa by Sebastião Salgado, 2006, Gelatin silver print, printed later, offered Apr 2021
    Dinka Group at Pagarau Cattle Camp, Southern Sudan, Africa, 2006
    Photograph
    21 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (54 x 74.9 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 103
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $12,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
  5. Bushmen, Botswana [tribal group], Africa by Sebastião Salgado, 2008, Gelatin silver print, printed later, offered Apr 2021
    Bushmen, Botswana [tribal group], Africa, 2008
    Photograph
    14 1/2 x 20 in. (36.8 x 50.8 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 104
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $6,000–8,000View at Phillips ↗
  6. Site of the now dried Lake Faguibine, Mali, Africa by Sebastião Salgado, 1985, Gelatin silver print, printed later, offered Oct 2020
    Site of the now dried Lake Faguibine, Mali, Africa, 1985
    Photograph
    21 3/8 x 32 1/8 in. (54.3 x 81.6 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 112
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $8,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
  7. Herd of Buffalo, Kafue National Park, Zambia by Sebastião Salgado, 2010, Gelatin silver print, printed 2012, offered Oct 2020
    Herd of Buffalo, Kafue National Park, Zambia, 2010
    Photograph
    20 x 14 1/2 in. (50.8 x 36.8 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 173
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $6,000–8,000View at Phillips ↗
  8. Wild horses in Navajo territory, bordering on the Grand Canyon. Arizona by Sebastião Salgado, 2010, Gelatin silver print, printed 2011, mounted, offered Oct 2020
    Wild horses in Navajo territory, bordering on the Grand Canyon. Arizona, 2010
    Photograph
    21 5/8 x 29 1/8 in. (54.9 x 74 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 187
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $9,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
  9. Brasil by Sebastião Salgado, 1983, Gelatin silver print, offered Sep 2020
    Brasil, 1983
    Photograph
    17.9 x 26.9 cm (7 x 10 5/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 161
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £4,000–6,000View at Phillips ↗
  10. Capanne nella campagna peruviana 1978 by Sebastião Salgado, Vintage gelatin-silver print on resin-coated paper, offered Apr 2020
    Capanne nella campagna peruviana 1978
    Photograph · Paper
    25,2x20,2 cm
    Maison Bibelot · · Lot 17
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–250View at Maison Bibelot ↗
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