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Sebastião Salgado — Ethiopian Refugees
Sebastião Salgado

Ethiopian Refugees

"Ethiopian Refugees" is a powerful gelatin silver print by renowned photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, documenting the humanitarian crisis during the 1984 to 1985 Ethiopian famine. The photograph captures the profound human suffering and displacement of that era through Salgado's characteristic style of intimate, large scale black and white imagery that transforms documentary photography into fine art. Printed later from the original negative, this work exemplifies Salgado's commitment to bearing witness to global suffering and using photography as a vehicle for social change and humanitarian awareness.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.

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April 2, 2025

Lot 182

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Sebastião Salgado, Ethiopian Refugees

"Ethiopian Refugees" is a powerful gelatin silver print by renowned photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, documenting the humanitarian crisis during the 1984 to 1985 Ethiopian famine. The photograph captures the profound human suffering and displacement of that era through Salgado's characteristic style of intimate, large scale black and white imagery that transforms documentary photography into fine art. Printed later from the original negative, this work exemplifies Salgado's commitment to bearing witness to global suffering and using photography as a vehicle for social change and humanitarian awareness.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
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Related themes

Brazilian Photographer, Documentary Photography, Black and White Photography, somber and compassionate, Late 20th Century, Large Format Prints, Photojournalism, humanitarian crisis, Human Suffering, Social Realism

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