Sebastião Salgado

MAY 12 TUE: May 12 2009, 07:00pm; Hammer Lectures

: Sebastião Salgado Dinka Cattle Camp of Amtak, Southern Sudan 2006 Silver gelatin print. © Amazonas Images & Sebastião Salgado. Courtesy Peter Fetterman Gallery.; Sebastião Salgado Boys Fleeing from Southern Sudan, Kenya 1993 Silver gelatin print. © Amazonas Images & Sebastião Salgado. Courtesy Peter Fetterman Gallery.; Sebastião Salgado Church Gate Stations, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India 1995 Silver gelatin print. © Amazonas Images & Sebastião Salgado. Courtesy Peter Fetterman Gallery.; Sebastião Salgado Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, (Figure Eight), Brazil 1986 Silver gelatin print. © Amazonas Images & Sebastião Salgado. Courtesy Peter Fetterman Gallery.; Sebastião Salgado Photo by Nicole Toutounji. Courtesy UNICEF.

“one of the world’s most celebrated documentary photographers” and “his...images...have cult status among photography lovers.”—New York Times

Traveling constantly across Africa, Latin America, and Asia, Sebastião Salgado has documented the human toll of violence and migration in visually stunning photographs of manual laborers, refugees, and sprawling metropolises. The 2001 documentary Salgado: The Spectre of Hope chronicled the creation of his series of photographs, published as Migrations: Humanity in Transition. In 1998 he established the Instituto Terra with his wife to restore biodiversity to the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, encourage sustainable development, and conduct research and environmental education. He has been honored with the Hasselblad Award, Photographer of the Year by the International Center for Photography, and an honorary doctorate from the New School.

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00p.m.

Thanks to Peter Fetterman, Bronya and Andrew Galef, and TASCHEN.

Public programs are made possible, in part, by a major gift from Ann and Jerry Moss.

Additional support is provided by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and the Hammer Programs Committee.