Sebastião Salgado

AWARDS

Sebastião Salgado, a renowned Brazilian photographer, has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career in recognition of his impactful and poignant work documenting human life, environmental issues, and social injustice

  • 1982: W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
  • 1985: Oskar Barnack Award
  • 1989: Hasselblad Award, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 1992: Oskar Barnack Award
  • 1992: Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1993: Centenary Medal from the Royal Photographic Society
  • 1993: Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) from the Royal Photographic Society
  • 1994: Grand Prix National French Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Culture (France)
  • 1998: Prince of Asturias Awards, Arts category
  • 1988: King of Spain International Journalism Award
  • 2003: International Award from the Photographic Society of Japan
  • 2007: M2-El Mundo People's Choice Award for best exhibition a PhotoEspaña, for Africa
  • 2019: Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
  • 2021: Crystal Award, World Economic Forum
  • 2021: Praemium Imperiale[23]

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