Sebastião Salgado was born in Brazil on 8th February 1944. He was trained as an economist. By a delegation to Africa for the company he was working at the time sparked his interest in photography. His photos depict people living in a difficult economic situation. However, he present his characters in a human way, without giving them the superheroes characteristics or asking for mercy. He shows the reality of the Third Word without exaggerated narratives(Lisa Hostetler, 1999)
Miró (Viná) Yawanawá, Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, state of Acre, Brazil,
2016, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches/61 x 88.9 cm © Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado creates black and white photos. This portrait shows a man with an interestingly pained face. On his head we notice a headgear, like a scarf, but what attract attention are the bird parts built into the scarf. His portraits are unusual due to the differences of the people he photographs. It is hard to ignore them.
This intense portrait of Bela Yawanawáfrom the Mutum village is one of many artwork in the series in Magnum Opus. The photos shows a woman with huge headdress made of feathers. However, what attracts attention in the long run is her penetrating look and face, painted in a specific way.
Sebastião SalgadoDinka group at Pagarau, Southern Sudan, from the series Genesis, 2006
This is a photo from the Genesis series, which focuses on showing people in their natural environment in the best possible way. These are people who still live in harmony, according to the traditions and cultures of their ancestors. (yanceyrichardson.com)
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You have completed this research with a little citation however I am not entirely sure how this is related to your work as this should be looking a sequential images and how this informs your own work in sequential image making
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