Sebastião Salgado "Master Works" Exhibition at Leica Gallery Boston

74 Arlington Street,BOSTON MA 021163901

25 May, 2022

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Meet esteemed photographer, Sebastião Salgado, at the opening reception for the debut exhibition, Master Works, at the Leica Gallery Boston Join us at Leica Gallery Boston this May 25th from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM for the opening reception of Master Works by renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado, with Artist in attendance. This exhibition features a curated selection of Salgado’s most distinguished photographs, woven together by the thread of humanity and our relationship with our natural world. The exhibition highlights works from Salgado’s Genesis, Kuwait, Workers, and Amazonia, and will be on view at Leica Gallery Boston from May 25th through August 28th. The curated series, Master Works, presented in collaboration with Robert Klein Gallery, marks its debut in Leica Gallery Boston. Leica Gallery Boston is located at 74 Arlington St, Boston, MA and serves as a cultural hub for photography. ARTIST BIO SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (Brazilian, b. 1944) One of the most acclaimed living documentary photographers of our times, Sebastião Salgado began his photography practice after his work as an economist with the International Coffee Organization and the World Bank led him to travel to tea plantations in Africa. Inspired by the people he photographed during his trips, Salgado quit his finance job to continue traveling and photographing the rest of the world and its inhabitants documenting the depths of the human condition. His works highlight global issues relating to the natural environment, workers, global pandemics, war, and other monumental subjects. Salgado believes that his photographs alone will not be able to change the world, he uses them as a vehicle for awareness coupled with larger movements for action. Salgado has been an active photographer with Gamma Photographic Agency, Magnum Photos, and Amazonas Images, an agency founded by he and his wife to represent his photography. Salgado has also worked with Doctors Without Borders to produce two books, as well as exhibitions staged with the specific purpose of supporting the organization's work. Through his own travels, the artist has published numerous books including the series Migrations and Portraits of Children of the Migration. This project motivated exhibitions and educational programs within community centers across the globe that told the stories of the work's subjects and their journey from the countryside to the city. Due to his work's humanitarian and environmental focus, Salgado was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from a number of universities. He is currently an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Salgado continues to travel around the world on photographic expeditions.