The legendary Brazilian photographer dies in 81

Sebastaw Seljado, who is considered one of the world’s greatest photographers, died at the age of 81.

The photographer born in Brazil was known for its dramatic, black and black images of hardship, conflict and natural beauty, which was captured in 130 countries over 55 years.

His difficult photos recorded the major global events such as genocide in Rwanda in 1994, and burned oil fields at the end of the Gulf War in 1991, and the famine in the Sahel region in Africa in 1984.

“His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, the power of transformational work,” said a statement from Instituto Terra, the environmental organization that he founded with his wife Laila and Anik Saljado.

Some of his most surprising pictures have been taken in his country of origin, including the epic photos of thousands of desperate characters working in open gold mines and amazing images of the indigenous population in the Amazon.

Brazilian President Luiz Inosio Lula da Silva praised Sadado as “one of the best photographers who gave us the world.”

Amazônia highlighted the beauty and fragility of the rainforest.

Siljado, with a lifelong defender of the indigenous people in the Amazon, documented the daily life of dozens of tribes spread throughout the rainforest – from hunting and fishing campaigns to dances and rituals.

He spent seven years on an ambitious photographic trip, exploring the tributaries remotely to the Amazon rainforest and documenting its residents.

The project was crowned with an exhibition that displays more than 200 black and white pictures, providing an impressive glimpse into the landscape and societies in the region.

Amazônia was shown at the London Science Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester in 2021 and 2022.

“Sometimes I ask myself,” Sebastawo, was you really the one who went to all these places? ” He said to meet last year.

“Have you really spent years traveling to 130 different countries, depth inside the forests, to the oil and mines fields?

“My boy, I really did this. Maybe I am one of the photographers who created most of the works in the history of photography.”

Born in 1944, Sadado left a profession in the economy to start a photographer in 1973.

He was working in international tasks for a variety of photography agencies before the formation of his own photos, with Lille in 1994.

Sony World Photography Awards won the distinguished contribution to photography in 2024.

Other awards included the Prince Astoria Prize and recognition as an ambassador for the name of Hasna UNICEF.

Through the Terra Institute, Saljado and Leila also regained his father’s farm in Brazil to prosperous rainforests by planting more than three million trees.

The institute’s statement added: “Sebastoo was more than one of the greatest photographers of our time.

“Besides his partner in his life, Lilia Delhiliz and Anik Seljado, he was cultivating hope as there was destruction and brought to life the belief that environmental restoration is also a deep work of love for humanity.”