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Sebastião Salgado — Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado

Sebastião Salgado

A powerful photographic documentation of Serra Pelada, the massive open-pit gold mine in Brazil, capturing the overwhelming scale of human labor and exploitation. Salgado's epic imagery reveals thousands of workers in the treacherous mining operation.

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Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil (Cast of Thousands)

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April 4, 2019

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Sebastião Salgado, Sebastião Salgado

A powerful photographic documentation of Serra Pelada, the massive open-pit gold mine in Brazil, capturing the overwhelming scale of human labor and exploitation. Salgado's epic imagery reveals thousands of workers in the treacherous mining operation.

Medium
Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil (Cast of Thousands)
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Sebastião Salgado, Gold Mine, Environmental, Documentary Photography, Labor, Brazil, Social Justice, Serra Pelada, Human Rights

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