Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian photographer (1944–2025).

Born February 8th, 1944 in Aimorés. [ref]

Died February 8th, 1944 at 0 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (leukemia). [ref]

Occupations
economist, environmentalist, painter, photographer, photojournalist

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche