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Sebastião Salgado — Herd of Buffalo, Kafue National Park, Zambia
Sebastião Salgado

Herd of Buffalo, Kafue National Park, Zambia

A vast herd of buffalo moves across the sweeping landscape of Kafue National Park in this powerful gelatin silver print by renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado. The image showcases Salgado's masterful use of black-and-white photography to convey the raw, elemental force of wildlife in its natural habitat, with the sheer density of the herd creating a striking visual mass against the African terrain. The photograph reflects Salgado's broader commitment to documenting the natural world, capturing both the grandeur and vulnerability of wildlife with breathtaking scale and compositional precision.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.

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May 18, 2018

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Sebastião Salgado, Herd of Buffalo, Kafue National Park, Zambia

A vast herd of buffalo moves across the sweeping landscape of Kafue National Park in this powerful gelatin silver print by renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado. The image showcases Salgado's masterful use of black-and-white photography to convey the raw, elemental force of wildlife in its natural habitat, with the sheer density of the herd creating a striking visual mass against the African terrain. The photograph reflects Salgado's broader commitment to documenting the natural world, capturing both the grandeur and vulnerability of wildlife with breathtaking scale and compositional precision.

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

Related themes

Brazilian Photographer, Dramatic Mood, Male Artist, Documentary Photography, Black and White Photography, Wildlife Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Contemporary Art, African Landscape, Nature Conservation, Master Photographer

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