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Sebastiao Salgado Quotes

You photograph with all your ideology Picture Quote #1

For me, art is such a wide concept - anything can be art Picture Quote #1

Photography is full of symbolism, it’s a symbolic language. You have to be able to materialize all your thoughts in one single image Picture Quote #1

I work on stories rather than individual pictures Picture Quote #1

It’s not the photographer who makes the picture, but the person being photographed Picture Quote #1

So many times I’ve photographed stories that show the degradation of the planet. I had one idea to go and photograph the factories that were polluting, and to see all the deposits of garbage. But, in the end, I thought the only way to give us an incentive, to bring hope, is to show the pictures of the pristine planet - to see the innocence Picture Quote #1

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I discovered that close to half the planet is ‘pristine.’ We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not Picture Quote #1

In GENESIS, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen Picture Quote #1

I have two children. I have a Down syndrome child whom I love very much, and my wife that I love Picture Quote #1

The light in Alaska in particular is so beautiful. So beautiful! Such incredible light Picture Quote #1

As in any person’s life, there have been difficult moments: I have a son with Down’s syndrome; through my photography, I have witnessed all manner of human degradation. But there have also been very happy moments Picture Quote #1

I photographed with film for many years; now that I work in digital, the difference is enormous. The quality is unbelievable: I don’t use flash, and with digital I can even work in very bad light. Also, it’s a relief not to lose photographs to x-ray machines in airports Picture Quote #1

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There are moments that you suffer a lot, moments you won’t photograph. There are some people you like better than others. But you give, you receive, you cherish, you are there. When you are really there, you know when you see the picture later what you are seeing Picture Quote #1

! discovered photography completely by chance. My wife is an architect; when we were young and living in Paris, she bought a camera to take pictures of buildings. For the first time, I looked through a lens - and photography immediately started to invade my life Picture Quote #1

It is important what you eat now, what you do now. If we were interested in a sustainable planet where other generations have a right to a decent future, we would not live like this Picture Quote #1

The language that photography has is a formal language. Any photographer is doing something formal. If it’s formal, then it must be an aesthetic way to communicate Picture Quote #1

I’m not a religious person. The language of photography is symbolic Picture Quote #1

Of course, I won’t be abandoning photography, because it is my life Picture Quote #1

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We live in a society where we never prepare people to be a community Picture Quote #1

I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography Picture Quote #1

It’s more important for a photographer to have very good shoes, than to have a very good camera Picture Quote #1

We are one human race, and there must be understanding among all men. For those who look at the problems of today, my big hope is that they understand. That they understand that the population is quite big enough, that they must be informed that they must have economic development, that they must have social development, and must be integrated into all parts of the world Picture Quote #1

The picture is not made by the photographer, the picture is more good or less good in function of the relationship that you have with the people you photograph Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe a person has a style. What people have is a way of photographing what is inside them. What is there comes out Picture Quote #1

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Most of the information we now get is through television and is mutilated. Photography offers the opportunity to spend much more time on a topic. It’s relatively cheaper medium, and can allow a photographer really to live in another place, show another reality, get closer to the truth Picture Quote #1

I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by being truly concerned about what is going on in the world Picture Quote #1

More than ever, I feel that the human race is one. There are differences of colour, language, culture and opportunities, but people’s feelings and reactions are alike. People flee wars to escape death, they migrate to improve their fortunes, they build new lives in foreign lands, they adapt to extreme hardship… Picture Quote #1

We are animals, born from the land with the other species. Since we’ve been living in cities, we’ve become more and more stupid, not smarter. What made us survive all these hundreds of thousands of years is our spirituality; the link to our land Picture Quote #1

I’m not an artist. An artist makes an object. Me, it’s not an object, I work in history, I’m a storyteller Picture Quote #1

I can be an artist a posteriori, not a priori. If my pictures tell the story, our story, human story, then in a hundred years, then they can be considered an art reference, but now they are not made as art. I’m a journalist. My life’s on the road, my studio is the planet Picture Quote #1

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You photograph with all your ideology (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) For me, art is such a wide concept - anything can be art (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) Photography is full of symbolism, it’s a symbolic language. You have to be able to materialize all your thoughts in one single image. (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) I work on stories rather than individual pictures (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) It’s not the photographer who makes the picture, but the person being photographed (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) So many times I’ve photographed stories that show the degradation of the planet. I had one idea to go and photograph the factories that were polluting, and to see all the deposits of garbage. But, in the end, I thought the only way to give us an incentive, to bring hope, is to show the pictures of the pristine planet - to see the innocence (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) I discovered that close to half the planet is ‘pristine.’ We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) In GENESIS, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) I have two children. I have a Down syndrome child whom I love very much, and my wife that I love (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) The light in Alaska in particular is so beautiful. So beautiful! Such incredible light (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) As in any person’s life, there have been difficult moments: I have a son with Down’s syndrome; through my photography, I have witnessed all manner of human degradation. But there have also been very happy moments (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) I photographed with film for many years; now that I work in digital, the difference is enormous. The quality is unbelievable: I don’t use flash, and with digital I can even work in very bad light. Also, it’s a relief not to lose photographs to x-ray machines in airports. (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) There are moments that you suffer a lot, moments you won’t photograph. There are some people you like better than others. But you give, you receive, you cherish, you are there. When you are really there, you know when you see the picture later what you are seeing. (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) ! discovered photography completely by chance. My wife is an architect; when we were young and living in Paris, she bought a camera to take pictures of buildings. For the first time, I looked through a lens - and photography immediately started to invade my life. (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) It is important what you eat now, what you do now. If we were interested in a sustainable planet where other generations have a right to a decent future, we would not live like this. (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) The language that photography has is a formal language. Any photographer is doing something formal. If it’s formal, then it must be an aesthetic way to communicate. (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) I’m not a religious person. The language of photography is symbolic (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) Of course, I won’t be abandoning photography, because it is my life (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) We live in a society where we never prepare people to be a community (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) It’s more important for a photographer to have very good shoes, than to have a very good camera (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) We are one human race, and there must be understanding among all men. For those who look at the problems of today, my big hope is that they understand. That they understand that the population is quite big enough, that they must be informed that they must have economic development, that they must have social development, and must be integrated into all parts of the world (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) The picture is not made by the photographer, the picture is more good or less good in function of the relationship that you have with the people you photograph (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) I don’t believe a person has a style. What people have is a way of photographing what is inside them. What is there comes out (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) Most of the information we now get is through television and is mutilated. Photography offers the opportunity to spend much more time on a topic. It’s relatively cheaper medium, and can allow a photographer really to live in another place, show another reality, get closer to the truth (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by being truly concerned about what is going on in the world (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) More than ever, I feel that the human race is one. There are differences of colour, language, culture and opportunities, but people’s feelings and reactions are alike. People flee wars to escape death, they migrate to improve their fortunes, they build new lives in foreign lands, they adapt to extreme hardship… (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) We are animals, born from the land with the other species. Since we’ve been living in cities, we’ve become more and more stupid, not smarter. What made us survive all these hundreds of thousands of years is our spirituality; the link to our land (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) I’m not an artist. An artist makes an object. Me, it’s not an object, I work in history, I’m a storyteller (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes) I can be an artist a posteriori, not a priori. If my pictures tell the story, our story, human story, then in a hundred years, then they can be considered an art reference, but now they are not made as art. I’m a journalist. My life’s on the road, my studio is the planet (Sebastiao Salgado Quotes)

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