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Sebastião Salgado — Boat People, Beach of Vung Tao, Vietnam
Sebastião Salgado

Boat People, Beach of Vung Tao, Vietnam

Sebastião Salgado's 'Boat People, Beach of Vung Tao, Vietnam' is a gelatin silver print documenting humanitarian subjects with the photographer's characteristic dignity and formal composition. The work is part of Salgado's broader photographic engagement with displaced and vulnerable populations.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.

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October 7, 2021

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Sebastião Salgado, Boat People, Beach of Vung Tao, Vietnam

Sebastião Salgado's 'Boat People, Beach of Vung Tao, Vietnam' is a gelatin silver print documenting humanitarian subjects with the photographer's characteristic dignity and formal composition. The work is part of Salgado's broader photographic engagement with displaced and vulnerable populations.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Documentary, Brazilian, Human Condition, Gelatin Silver Print, Melancholic, Social Commentary, Humanitarian, Beach, Black and White, Contemporary

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