Introduction to Sebastiao Salgado

Sebastiao Salgado was born in Brazil where his family dwelt at their farm. In his teens he moved from the farm to the city where he enrolled in school and attended the university in Sao Paulo. He had an interest in economics and pursued that path until 1969 when Brazil was put under military rule and he found himself as a refugee, student, and an immigrant in Europe. 

Three decades later and through a lifetime of experiences he has found his passion is to document the human predicament of injustice. In his book he speaks of migrants, refugees, displaced persons, tragedies, and land struggles with the hope that some of the people that see his work will be persuaded to help the world and these people. 

Through his experiences he says, “I have no answers, but I believe that some answers must exist, that humanity is capable of understanding, even controlling, the political, economic, and social forces that we have set loose across the globe… Are we to do nothing in face of the steady deterioration of our habitat, whether in cities or nature? Are we to remain indifferent as the values of rich and poor countries alike deepen the divisions in our societies? We cannot.”

The purpose of this blog will be to raise awareness to the refugees that are among us and the problem that we are not doing anything about it.