Dead of Sebastião Salgado

At the age of 81, Sebastião Salgado, a Franco-Brazilian economist and photojournalist, winner of several international awards, deeply committed to social and environmental justice, has left this world. His work highlights the work of people in resource-rich countries, plundered and mired in misery. In his book Exodus he states: “More than ever, I feel that there is only one human race. Beyond the differences in color, language, culture and possibilities, the feelings and reactions of each individual are identical.” His book Genesis and, above all, the impressive autobiographical documentary The Salt of the Earth, directed by his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado (2014) provide powerful testimonies, of a terrifying beauty, that the spiritual regeneration of the human soul and the abused earth are interdependent. May he rest in peace.