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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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Gold MinePhillips · Apr 2026$129,000≈ £95,946≈ €110,153Sign up to see
Southern Right Whale, Navigating in the Golfo Nuevo, Valdés Peninsula, ArgentinaPhillips · Oct 2017$100,000≈ £75,552≈ €85,085Sign up to see
The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USAPhillips · Apr 2015$97,500≈ £65,865≈ €90,028Sign up to see

Sebastião Salgado’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Lot images as published by each auction house (281 lots with an image). Images from houses that reserve their photographs are shown as small thumbnails linking to the house’s site.

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)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 30, 2026
$896Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Cast of Thousands in the Gold Mine of Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986, Gelatin silver print — Cast of Thousands in the Gold Mine of Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986
Ketterer Kunst · Jul 15, 2026
€8,844Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil, 1986, Gelatin silver print — Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil, 1986
Bonhams · Jul 14, 2026
$8,960Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Mexico, 1980, Gelatin silver print, printed 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper — Mexico, 1980
OstLicht Photo Auction · May 28, 2026
€2,600Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Sudan, 1985, Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper — Sudan, 1985
OstLicht Photo Auction · May 28, 2026
€2,600Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Serra Pelada Brazilië (GOLD), 1986, photograph where some search deep down and others going up this terrible ravine on ladders — Serra Pelada Brazilië (GOLD), 1986
Hessink's Auctions · Apr 14, 2026
€1,000Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Mexico, 1980, photographic journeys in Europe and Africa — Mexico, 1980
Hessink's Auctions · Apr 14, 2026
€1,000Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Girl Brésil, 1996, photograph was made in the state of Paraná during Sebastião Salgado’s documentation of the — Girl Brésil, 1996
Hessink's Auctions · Apr 14, 2026
€1,000Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Bailey Head, Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula, 2005, Gelatin silver print — Bailey Head, Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula, 2005
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$15,480Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Elephant (against light), Kafue National Park, Zambia, 2010, Gelatin silver print — Elephant (against light), Kafue National Park, Zambia, 2010
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$25,800Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Iceberg Between Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2005, Gelatin silver print — Iceberg Between Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2005
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$64,500Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Gold Mine, 1986, Paris: Self-published, 2013-2014. Twenty selenium-toned silver prints — Gold Mine, 1986
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$129,000Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Dinka Group at Pagarau Cattle Camp, Southern Sudan, Africa, 2006, Gelatin silver print — Dinka Group at Pagarau Cattle Camp, Southern Sudan, Africa, 2006
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$15,480Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, In Kalema Camp, Tigray, Ethiopia, 1985, Gelatin silver print — In Kalema Camp, Tigray, Ethiopia, 1985
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$7,740Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Refugees in the Korem Camp, Ethiopia, 1984, Gelatin silver print, printed 1992 — Refugees in the Korem Camp, Ethiopia, 1984
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$7,095Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Church Gate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995, Gelatin silver print, printed 2018 — Church Gate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$15,480Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Fireball, Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991, Gelatin silver print — Fireball, Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$36,120Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil (Figure Eight), 1986, Gelatin silver print — Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil (Figure Eight), 1986
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$9,675Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil (Miners' Backs), 1986, Gelatin silver print — Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil (Miners' Backs), 1986
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$9,675Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil (Miners' Legs), 1986, Gelatin silver print — Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil (Miners' Legs), 1986
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$4,515Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Iceberg Between Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands on the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 2005, Gelatin silver print — Iceberg Between Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands on the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 2005
Bonhams · Apr 9, 2026
$7,680Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1980, Gelatin silver print — Oaxaca, Mexico, 1980
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$7,095Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Victoria Falls with Tree, Zimbabwe, 2008, Gelatin silver print — Victoria Falls with Tree, Zimbabwe, 2008
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$5,160Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Bushmen, Botswana (mother & child), 2008, Gelatin silver print — Bushmen, Botswana (mother & child), 2008
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$4,128Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Tea Picking in the Hills of the Gisakura Plantation, Rwanda, 1991, Gelatin silver print — Tea Picking in the Hills of the Gisakura Plantation, Rwanda, 1991
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
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Sebastião Salgado, Ubumwe (silverback mountain gorilla - leader of the Amahoro group) in Mist over the Forest of the Bisoke Volcano, Rwanda, 2004, Gelatin silver print, printed 2007 — Ubumwe (silverback mountain gorilla - leader of the Amahoro group) in Mist over the Forest of the Bisoke Volcano, Rwanda, 2004
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$3,612Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Gisovu Tea Plantation, Rwanda, 1991, Gelatin silver print, printed 2007 — Gisovu Tea Plantation, Rwanda, 1991
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$5,418Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Nenet Nomad Digging Hole, Siberia, Russia, 2011, Gelatin silver print — Nenet Nomad Digging Hole, Siberia, Russia, 2011
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$5,805Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Nenets, an Indigenous Nomadic People, South Yamal Region, Siberia, Russia, 2011, Gelatin silver print — Nenets, an Indigenous Nomadic People, South Yamal Region, Siberia, Russia, 2011
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$5,805Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil (Figure Eight), 1986, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil (Figure Eight), 1986
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
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Sebastião Salgado, Children's Ward in the Korem Refugee Camp, Ethiopia, 1984, Gelatin silver print — Children's Ward in the Korem Refugee Camp, Ethiopia, 1984
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$10,320Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Fallen Worker, Kuwait Oil Fields, 1991, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Fallen Worker, Kuwait Oil Fields, 1991
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$12,255Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Korubo, Amazonas, Brazil, 2017, Gelatin silver print — Korubo, Amazonas, Brazil, 2017
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$6,192Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Women Going to Market, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador, 1998, Gelatin silver print — Women Going to Market, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador, 1998
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$7,740Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Marine Iguana, Rábida Island, the Galápagos, 2004, Gelatin silver print, printed 2006 — Marine Iguana, Rábida Island, the Galápagos, 2004
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$9,030Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Bushman, Botswana (holding bird), 2008, Gelatin silver print — Bushman, Botswana (holding bird), 2008
Phillips · Apr 2, 2026
$6,450Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Zo'e Group, State of Para, 2009, gelatin silver print — Zo'e Group, State of Para, 2009
Rago Auctions · Feb 12, 2026
$5,334Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Sud Soudan“, Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, 2006, Silbergelatineabzug — Sud Soudan“, Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, 2006
Grisebach · Oct 19, 2025
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Sebastião Salgado, Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil (Cast of Thousands), 1986, Oversized gelatin silver print — Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil (Cast of Thousands), 1986
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025
$20,480Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Untitled (Dog in Cemetery, Mexico), 1980, Gelatin silver print — Untitled (Dog in Cemetery, Mexico), 1980
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025
$5,632Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Churchgate Station, Bombay, India, 1995, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Churchgate Station, Bombay, India, 1995
Phillips · Oct 9, 2025
$15,480Sign up free to see

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
Phillips · Apr 2, 2025
$11,430Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Ethiopian Refugees, 1984, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Ethiopian Refugees, 1984
Phillips · Apr 2, 2025
$5,080Sign up free to see

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)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 4, 2025
$889Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Brasil“. Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, 1986, Späterer Silbergelatineabzug — Brasil“. Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, 1986
Grisebach · Dec 15, 2024
€5,842Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991
Phillips · Nov 21, 2024
£10,795Sign up free to see

Sebastião Salgado, Saint Sebastian, Serra Pelada Gold Mine, Brazil, gelatin silver print — Saint Sebastian, Serra Pelada Gold Mine, Brazil
Rago Auctions · Oct 25, 2024
$4,032Sign up free to see

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
Phillips · Oct 9, 2024
$10,160Sign up free to see

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