Okey Dokey Bubba...I'll start the thread, unless you get there first
BTW, here is a brief bio I found about Salgado....unfortunately it didn't have a link to his pix, but hopefully it will intrigue you enough to check him out
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About the Artist
Sebastiao Salgado is one of the most respected photojournalists working today. Born in Brazil and educated as an economist he was exiled to France in 1969 as a result of his political views. He took his first photographs in 1971 while on assignment in Rwanda as an economist for the International Coffee Organization. He taught himself his craft, became a freelance journalist in 1973 and joined Magnum in 1979. Over the next several decades Mr. Salgado has photographed a wide variety of subjects, including famine in Niger, civil war in Mozambique as well as his very personal view of Latin America that was published as a book in 1986. The book was followed by Sahel as a result of his collaboration with Medicins Sans Frontiers. From 1986 to 1992 he documented manual labor through the world in a book and exhibition called: Workers. From 1993 to 1999 he turned his attention to the phenomenon of mass displacements of peoples resulting in his acclaimed book: Migrations. He has received innumerable awards for his artistic and social work and is the recipient of many prestigious organizations including UNICEF, WHO and many others.
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