Sebastiao Salgado Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Sebastiao Salgado Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 13, 2026
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (1944–2025)
Est: €2,800 - €3,200
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (1944–2025) | From the series 'Civil war in Angola' (4 prints), Luanda 1975–1976 Image Size: c. 18.5 x 27 / 31 x 20 cm English Four vintage gelatin silver prints, on single-weight, glossy Agfa paper c. 20 x 31 / 31 x 20 cm, in good condition. "Gamma" agency photographer stamp, agency date stamp, typographic text and various handwritten notes on the reverse. The prints on offer date from the early years of Sebastião Salgado's photographic career, when the renowned Gamma photo agency commissioned him to document the civil war in Angola. Even these striking black-and-white photographs bear the characteristic hallmarks of his humanistic visual style: Salgado's social documentary work combines powerful imagery with a sensitive perspective that focuses on people's lived realities and their human dignity. * subject to resale right Deutsch Vier Vintage-Silbergelatineabzüge auf dünnem, glänzendem Agfa-Papier c. 20 x 31 / 31 x 20 cm, in gutem Zustand. Rückseitig Agentur-Fotografenstempel "Gamma", Agentur-Datumsstempel, typografischer Text und diverse handschriftliche Vermerke. Die angebotenen Prints stammen aus den frühen Jahren von Sebastião Salgados fotografischer Laufbahn, als ihn die renommierte Fotoagentur Gamma mit der Dokumentation des Bürgerkriegs in Angola beauftragte. Bereits diese eindrucksvollen Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahmen tragen die charakteristischen Merkmale seines humanistischen Bildstils: Salgados sozialdokumentarisches Werk verbindet eindringliche Bildsprache mit einem sensiblen Blick, der die Lebensrealität der Menschen und ihre Würde in den Mittelpunkt stellt. * folgerechtspflichtig
OstLicht Auctions
Jul. 30, 2026
Sebastiao Salgado, First Communion in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil (from the Year of Tibet Portfolio I)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Sebastiao Salgado First Communion in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil (from the Year of Tibet Portfolio I) 1981 / printed 1990 platinum palladium print image: 8.75 h x 13.125 w in (22 x 33 cm) sheet: 13 h x 16 w in (33 x 41 cm) This lot is being sold to benefit the Inglewood Photography Festival (IPF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring the next generation of photographers. Through year-round programming, exhibitions, mentorship, workshops, and artist grants, IPF creates opportunities for people to explore the possibility of a life in photography. Signed and numbered to lower margin '22/100 S. Salgado'. This work is number 22 from the edition of 100. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Jul. 17, 2026
Salgado, Sebastiao
Est: -
1944 Aimorés/Brasilien - 2025 Paris. Fotojournalist und Umweltaktivist. 15 Schwarz-Weiß Fotolithografien. Aus: Genesis. Amazonas Images. Africa. Antarctis. Verso jeweils typographisch bet., datiert u. Taschen Verlag Köln 2014 bez. Jeweils 23 x 30,5 cm. (33 x 42,5 cm). Jeweils Pass. R. Lit.: 1,14.
Peege Auktionshaus
Jun. 21, 2026
SALGADO SEBASTIAO (1944 - 2025) set (3) of a Sebastiao Salgado handsigned photo litho "Weddell Sea -
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
SALGADO SEBASTIAO (1944 - 2025) set (3) of a Sebastiao Salgado handsigned photo litho "Weddell Sea - Antarctic Peninsula" and a Taschen XL Art Book "Genesis" with acryl stand SALGADO SEBASTIAO (1944 - 2025) set (3) bestaande uit een handgesigneerde fotolitho "Weddell Sea - Antarctic Peninsula" (25 x 32) en een Taschen XL Art Book "Genesis" met plexi standaard
DVC
Jun. 16, 2026
SALGADO, SEBASTIÃO (1944-2025). MINERS CLIMBING ALONG THE WALL
Est: €400 - €700
Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986. Gelatin silver print, 1987, approx. 18 x 24 cm, w. copyright stamps "ABC press" and "Magnum Paris", abc press sticker, and annot. in felt-tip pen on verso.
Zwiggelaar Auctions
Jun. 16, 2026
SALGADO, SEBASTIÃO (1944-2025). BANGLADESHI WORKERS ON SHIP GRAVEYARD
Est: €300 - €600
Chittagong, Bangladesh. Gelatin silver print, 1989, approx. 18 x 24 cm, w. copyright stamps "ABC press" and abc press sticker at verso.
Zwiggelaar Auctions
Jun. 16, 2026
SALGADO, SEBASTIÃO (1944-2025). BANGLADESHI WORK ON SHIP GRAVEYARD
Est: €300 - €600
Chittagong, Bangladesh. Gelatin silver print, 1989, approx. 18 x 24 cm, w. copyright stamps "ABC press", abc press sticker, and annot. in pen on verso.
Zwiggelaar Auctions
Jun. 16, 2026
SALGADO, SEBASTIÃO (1944 - 2025). SUPERVISOR AND MINE WORKERS
Est: €400 - €700
Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986. Gelatin silver print, 1987, approx. 18 x 24 cm, w. copyright stamps "ABC press", and "Magnum Paris Library", abc press sticker, and annot. in felt-tip pen and pen on verso.
Zwiggelaar Auctions
May. 28, 2026
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (1944–2025)
Est: €4,600 - €5,200
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (1944–2025) | Sudan, 1985 Image size: 44.1 x 29.8 cm English Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper 50 x 40.5 cm, in excellent condition. Photographer's blindstamp in the margin, signed, titled and dated in ink on the reverse. Salgado had a close connection with WestLicht: At the 8th Photographica Auction in November 2005, his "Solid Titanium" Leica M7 was auctioned for US$ 107,500, the proceeds went to the reforestation project of Salgado and his wife Lélia in Brazil and enabled the planting of tens of thousands of new trees. With his strongly expressive black and white pictures Salgado has been representing people who have been forgotten or driven out for many years. For his projects the photographer usually works together with international organisations and NGOs such as UNHCR, Amnesty International and Caritas; since 2001 he was a UNICEF ambassador. He documented the fate of refugees, migrants, the landless and immigrants. In capturing the tragic and heroic moments in the lives of individuals, his work reflects the unbroken dignity of mankind. * Fully taxed subject to resale right Deutsch Vintage-Silbergelatineabzug auf kartonstarkem, halbmattem Papier 50 x 40,5 cm, in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Im unteren Rand Blindstempel des Fotografen, rückseitig signiert, betitelt und datiert mit Tinte. Salgado stand in enger Verbindung zu WestLicht: Bei der 8. Photographica Auction im November 2005 wurde seine "Solid Titanium" Leica M7 um 107.500 US-Dollar versteigert, der Erlös ging an das Aufforstungsprojekt von Salgado und seiner Frau Lélia in Brasilien und ermöglichte die Pflanzung von zehntausenden neuen Bäumen. Mit seinen ausdrucksstarken Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien porträtierte Salgado vielfach Menschen, die vergessen oder vertrieben wurden, wobei er häufig mit Organisationen und NGOs wie UNHCR, Amnesty International und Caritas zusammenarbeitete; seit 2001 war er UNICEF-Botschafter. Er dokumentierte das Schicksal von Flüchtlingen, Migranten, Staatenlosen und Immigranten. Indem er die tragischen und heldenhaften Momente im Leben Einzelner festhält, spiegelt sein Werk die ungebrochene Würde des Menschen wider. * Vollbesteuert folgerechtspflichtig
OstLicht Auctions
May. 28, 2026
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (1944–2025)
Est: €4,000 - €4,800
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (1944–2025) | Mexico, 1980 Image size: 35.9 x 54.5 cm English Gelatin silver print, printed 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper 50.2 x 61 cm, in very good condition. Magnum's "In our Time" blindstamp in the lower margin. Salgado had a close connection with WestLicht: At the 8th Photographica Auction in November 2005, his "Solid Titanium" Leica M7 was auctioned for US$ 107,500, the proceeds went to the reforestation project of Salgado and his wife Lélia in Brazil and enabled the planting of tens of thousands of new trees. With his strongly expressive black and white pictures Salgado has been representing people who have been forgotten or driven out for many years. For his projects the photographer usually works together with international organisations and NGOs such as UNHCR, Amnesty International and Caritas; since 2001 he was a UNICEF ambassador. He documented the fate of refugees, migrants, the landless and immigrants. In capturing the tragic and heroic moments in the lives of individuals, his work reflects the unbroken dignity of mankind. * Fully taxed subject to resale right Deutsch Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet 1989 auf kartonstarkem, halbmattem Papier 50,2 x 61 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Im unteren Rand Magnum's "In our Time"-Ausstellungsblindstempel. Salgado stand in enger Verbindung zu WestLicht: Bei der 8. Photographica Auction im November 2005 wurde seine "Solid Titanium" Leica M7 um 107.500 US-Dollar versteigert, der Erlös ging an das Aufforstungsprojekt von Salgado und seiner Frau Lélia in Brasilien und ermöglichte die Pflanzung von zehntausenden neuen Bäumen. Mit seinen ausdrucksstarken Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien porträtierte Salgado vielfach Menschen, die vergessen oder vertrieben wurden, wobei er häufig mit Organisationen und NGOs wie UNHCR, Amnesty International und Caritas zusammenarbeitete; seit 2001 war er UNICEF-Botschafter. Er dokumentierte das Schicksal von Flüchtlingen, Migranten, Staatenlosen und Immigranten. Indem er die tragischen und heldenhaften Momente im Leben Einzelner festhält, spiegelt sein Werk die ungebrochene Würde des Menschen wider. * Vollbesteuert folgerechtspflichtig
OstLicht Auctions
May. 21, 2026
§ Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025) Fireball, Greater Burgan Oil Field, 1991
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
Oversized silver gelatin print, image/sheet size 122 x 173cm, signed, titled, and dated by the photographer in pencil verso. Framed, frame size 129 x 180cm. To date, this is the largest print of this image ever offered at auction. Provenance:Private Collection, UK
Chiswick Auctions
May. 21, 2026
Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025) Genesis [Two-Volume Collector's Edition]
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
Two hardcover folios, from the limited edition /2500 (No. 501–3,000), signed by the photographer in ink with typed number 1806 (on the title page overlay), edited by Sebastião Salgado and Lélia Wanick Salgado. Housed in the original wooden crate, complete with wooden stand and accompanying booklet [sealed] . Cologne: Taschen, 2013. As new. Qty: (1)
Chiswick Auctions
May. 21, 2026
§ Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025) Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Vintage silver gelatin print, image size 29.3 x 44cm, sheet size 41 x 50.5cm, signed, dated, and annotated by the photographer in pencil verso, embossed with the photographer's stamp lower margin recto.
Chiswick Auctions
May. 17, 2026
SEBASTIAO SALGADO (Brazil 1944-2025) SIGNED PHOTO
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Sebastiao Salgado signed photograph "Two Women Making Offerings to a Statue of a Goddess, Brazil, 1980" Photograph 12 inches 9 inches. Impressed signature on the bottom. Signed in pencil on theback Brazil 1980. Unframed with mat. Estate of Nicholas Mitropouls (Massachusetts 1925-2025)Sebastiao Salgado (Brazil 1944-2025). Sebastião Salgado is a Brazilian photographer born in 1944. He is known for his social documentary photography that highlights social and economic inequality. His photographs have been exhibitedinternationally and are held in many museum collections globally and has received numerous photographic prizes and prestigious honors, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Center of Photography (New York).1000
White's Auctions
May. 03, 2026
Sebastiao Salgado Brazilian Photographer Signed Vintage Framed Modernist Beach Scene Portrait
Est: $300 - $500
Vintage Brazilian photographic print. Measuring: 25 by 32 inches overall, and 16 by 23 painting alone. Please see all images for condition. Size is measured and written on the back of the painting or next to each object. The first size is the overall size; the second size is the image size. For detailed condition questions please email hello@curatedgallery.com. Domestic flat rate shipping with FedEx is set to $150 for this lot. Pick up at our 67 Guernsey street location is available 12-7pm by appointment for two weeks following the sale by appointment. Please call or email and let us know when you would like to pick up! Local delivery is also available around the area for large pieces or large orders. Flat rate delivery to, NY, PA, OH, NJ, CT, MA as well as NYC and Brooklyn available as well. Thank you and good luck.
Curated Gallery Auctions
Apr. 25, 2026
SEBASTIAO SALGADO 'THE ISTIQLAL MOSQUE'
Est: $600 - $800
Sebastiao Salgado 'The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, Indonesia' photo print. Sheet measures 32 2/4" x 23".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Apr. 25, 2026
SEBASTIAO SALGADO 'FIREBALL, OIL FIELD, KUWAIT'
Est: $600 - $800
Sebastiao Salgado 'Fireball, Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait' photo print. Sheet measures 19 1/4" x 15 1/2".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Apr. 16, 2026
Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Sebastião Salgado 1944 - 2025 Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait gelatin silver print, blindstamped in the margin, signed, titled Kuwait and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed image: 11 ⅞ by 17 ⅝ in. (30.2 by 45.4 cm.) Executed in 1991, printed later.
Sotheby's
Apr. 14, 2026
Sebastião SALGADO (1944-2025) - Steeple Jason Island 2009
Est: €1,500 - €3,000
Sebastião Salgado (1944–2025) Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, 2009, signed by artist. Black and white photography gelatin silver print, depicting a colony of albatrosses on Steeple Jason Island, one of the Falkland Islands, with a bird with majestic wing beat dominating the picture plane. The dramatic perspective and the threatening clouds emphasize Salgado's ability to capture nature and animals in monumental form. Signed in 2015 at C/O Berlin during the exhibition Genesis. Herkomst: Edward Howard Photo Archive. The image is part of Salgado's monumental project Genesis (2004–2011), in which he captured ecosystems and untouched landscapes around the world. Steeplechase Jason Island is known as one of the largest breeding grounds of the black-eyed albatross.
Hessink's
Apr. 14, 2026
Sebastião SALGADO (1944-2025)- Girl Brésil 1996
Est: €1,500 - €3,000
Girl Brésil 1996 Sebastião Salgado Taken in southern Brazil in 1996, this photograph was made in the state of Paraná during Sebastião Salgado’s documentation of the landless peasants’ movement. The image portrays a young girl waiting with her parents along a national highway, part of a larger gathering of families hoping to claim a piece of land. By focusing on a single child, Salgado transforms a vast social struggle into an intimate human moment. The photograph reflects his humanist approach, in which individual dignity and quiet emotion convey the scale of collective hardship. Rooted in his background as an economist, Salgado’s work consistently addresses social injustice, displacement, and the enduring resilience of marginalized communities.
Hessink's
Apr. 14, 2026
Sebastião SALGADO (1944-2025) - Mexico, Oaxaca, 1980
Est: €1,500 - €3,000
Sebastião Salgado - Mexico, Oaxaca, 1980 This copy was kept by the printer as a reference for registration and color matching during reprints and is an unica (1/1). After several years of photographic journeys in Europe and Africa, from 1977 to 1984, Sebastião Salgado undertook numerous trips to Latin and Central America, visiting the most inaccessible mountain villages, seeking to evoke the enduring nature of peasant and indigenous cultures. This first series culminated in the publication of a book he titled Other Americas. He traveled to Mexico, and after a kind of initiation rite that lasted several days, he was welcomed into a community of peasants in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. He participated in their daily life and rituals, and took numerous photographs, including this one, of two peasants praying, their feet firmly planted on the ground, seemingly flying through the sky above the clouds, so that their incantation could be heard as far as possible.
Hessink's
Apr. 14, 2026
Sebastião SALGADO (1944-2025) - Serra Pelada Brazilië (GOLD) 1986
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Sebastião SALGADO Serra Pelada Brazilië (GOLD) 1986 A photograph where some search deep down and others going up this terrible ravine on ladders of makeshift, of heavy bag that they support on their heads, image in which he reveals this scandal of the 1980s by its brutality and its working conditions, by drawing a portrait of a teeming and dramatic humanity, helping to make this Dantesque hell known to the world.
Hessink's
Apr. 01, 2026
SEBASTIAO SALGADO. GENESIS. TASCHEN SUMO
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Author: Sebastiao Salgado Title: Genesis Place Published: Cologne Publisher: Benedikt Taschen Date Published: 2013 Description: Collector’s Sumo Edition # 948 / 3000, numbered and signed by Sebastião Salgado. Hardcover, two vols. with cherry wood veneer book stand, 18.4 x 27.6 in., 125.66 lb, 704 pages. Comes in original wooden crate.
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Mar. 22, 2026
Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025) Signed Vintage Brazilian Farmworker and Cows Original Photograph
Est: $300 - $500
Vintage Brazilian photographic print. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 25 by 32 inches overall, and 17 by 24 painting alone. Please see all images for condition. Size is measured and written on the back of the painting or next to each object. The first size is the overall size; the second size is the image size. For detailed condition questions please email hello@curatedgallery.com. Domestic flat rate shipping with FedEx is set to $150 for this lot. Pick up at our 67 Guernsey street location is available 12-7pm by appointment for two weeks following the sale by appointment. Please call or email and let us know when you would like to pick up! Local delivery is also available around the area for large pieces or large orders. Flat rate delivery to, NY, PA, OH, NJ, CT, MA as well as NYC and Brooklyn available as well. Thank you and good luck.
Curated Gallery Auctions
Mar. 10, 2026
Sebastiao Salgado, Serra Pelada Gold Mine, Brazil
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Sebastiao Salgado Serra Pelada Gold Mine, Brazil 1986 / printed 1987 vintage gelatin silver print image: 5.875 h x 8.75 w in (15 x 22 cm) sheet: 7 h x 9.25 w in (18 x 23 cm) Press stamps to verso 'Tirage Archive Magnum Photos 20, rue des Grands Augustins, 75006 Paris Telephone (1)325.99.09 Epreuve a Rendre No. 86.11.159/31', 'Magnum Paris Library Print to be Returned Reproduction print strictly for use in printed matter and not exhibition or collection' and 'Copyright abc press 3-Apr. 1987'. Decal press label to verso 'ABC Press 03-04-1987 Amazonas Images Salgado, S. Serra Pelada/Brazil's Klondike'. Inscribed to verso '622.33 good'. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Mar. 01, 2026
SALGADO SEBASTIAO (1944 - 2025)set of a Sebastiao Salgado handsigned photo print, a photo book and a
Est: €1,000 - €1,200
SALGADO SEBASTIAO (1944 - 2025) set of a Sebastiao Salgado handsigned photo print, a photo book and a plexi stand SALGADO SEBASTIAO (1944 - 2025) set van een handgesigneerde fotoprint (33 x 25), deluxe fotoboek & een plexi standaard
DVC
Feb. 15, 2026
Sebastiao Salgado Brazilian Photographer Signed Vintage Framed Modernist Beach Scene Portrait
Est: $300 - $500
Vintage Sebastiao modernist photograph. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 25 by 32 inches overall, and 16 by 23 photo alone. Please see all images for condition. Size is measured and written on the back of the painting or next to each object. The first size is the overall size, the second size is the image size. For detailed condition questions please email hello@curatedgallery.com. Domestic flat rate shipping with Fedex is set to $125 for this lot. Pick up at our 67 Guernsey street location is available 12-7pm by appointment for two weeks following the sale by appointment. Please call or email and let us know when you would like to pick up! Local delivery is also available around the area for large pieces or large orders. Flat rate delivery to, NY, PA, OH, NJ, CT, MA as well as NYC and Brooklyn available as well. Thank you and good luck.
Curated Gallery Auctions
Feb. 12, 2026
Sebastião Salgado. Cast of Thousands in the Gold Mine of Serra Pelada, Brazil. 1986; printed 2007.
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
Sebastião Salgado 1944-2025 Cast of Thousands in the Gold Mine of Serra Pelada, Brazil. 1986; printed 2007. Silver print With Salgado's copyright blind stamp on recto, and his signature, partial title, and negative date in pencil on verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 12, 2026
Sebastiao Salgado, Zo'e Group, State of Para
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Sebastiao Salgado Zo'e Group, State of Para 2009 gelatin silver print image: 14.75 h x 20.25 w in (37 x 51 cm) sheet: 19.5 h x 23.625 w in (50 x 60 cm) Embossed artist's copyright credit to lower left 'Sebastiao Salgado'. Signed and dated to verso 'S. Salgado Brasil 2009'. Provenance: Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami | Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 10, 2026
SEBASTIAO SALGADO - The Dressage Series
Est: -
SEBASTIAO SALGADO Brazil 1944-Paris 2025 The dressage series. 1995 Gelatin silver on paper with the photographer's dry stamp Back signed and dated in Spain 1995 Measurements 35.5 x 45.5 cm PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist by the current owner.
Subastas Segre
Feb. 10, 2026
SEBASTIAO SALGADO - The Dressage Series
Est: -
SEBASTIAO SALGADO Brazil 1944-Paris 2025 Dressage Series. 1995 Gelatin silver on paper with the photographer's dry stamp Signed and dated in Spain 1995 Measurements 31.5 x 45 cm PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist by the current owner.
Subastas Segre
Feb. 03, 2026
Sebastiao Salgado "Cemetery, Mexico" GSP Photo
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
Sebastiao Salgado (Brazilian, 1944-2025). Gelatin silver print photograph titled "Cemetery of the Town of Huatla de Jimenez, Mexico," photographed 1980, printed 2004. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil along the verso; photograph of the signature included in an envelope attached to the verso. Provenance: Weinstein Gallery, Minnesota, 2004; From the Estate of Gary Fink. Gary C. Fink was a collector with both a lighthearted sense of humor and a serious commitment to art. Through the Museum Louvre It or Leave It, he offered Minnesotans an offbeat, thought-provoking experience; through MIA gifts, he broadened institutional collections; and through his scholarship, he continues to enable the next generation of artists. A Renaissance soul in the heart of Minnesota's art community, Gary C. Fink was more than an astute collector - he was a spirited patron whose unconventional vision left an indelible mark on the creative landscape.
Revere Auctions
Jan. 25, 2026
Sebastiao Salgado (1944): Shamans, Xingu, 2005
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
Sebastiao Salgado (1944) Shamans, Xingu, 2005 Gelatin Silver Print Signed/dated by artist on verso in pencil Provenance: Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Leslie Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA tag on verso Image: 20 x 24 in; Frame: 24 x 28.875 in
Santa Monica Auctions
Jan. 23, 2026
Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Sebastião Salgado 1944 - 2025 Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait signed, titled and dated in pencil (on the reverse) gelatin silver print, flush-mounted to aluminum 53.3 by 73.7 cm. 21 by 29 in. framed: 69 by 96 cm. 27⅛ by 37¾ in. Executed in 1991, printed later. This work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Yancey Richardson Gallery.
Sotheby's
Jan. 12, 2026
SEBASTIAO SALGADO (Aimorés, Brazil, 1944 - 2025). Untitled, India, 1990. Gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit in relief (in the margin). Signed, dated and annotated in pencil; artist's stamp (on verso).
Est: €10,000 - €12,000
SEBASTIAO SALGADO (Aimorés, Brazil, 1944 - 2025). Untitled, India, 1990. Gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit in relief (in the margin). Signed, dated and annotated in pencil; artist's stamp (on verso). Measurements: 37.4 x 51 cm (image); 50.8 x 61 cm (paper), 51 x 67 cm (frame). Sebastião Salgado is a Brazilian socio-documentary photographer and photojournalist. He has traveled to more than 100 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these have appeared in numerous publications and books. Traveling exhibitions of his work have been shown around the world. Gallery owner Hal Gould considers Salgado the greatest photographer of the early 21st century. He has received numerous international awards, including the 1998 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts3 and the W. Eugene Smith Award for Humanitarian Photography. Eugene Smith Award for Humanitarian Photography4 in 1982. He came to the field of photography relatively late, having previously trained and worked as an economist. In his career as a photographer he started working for the Paris-based Gamma agency and then joined Magnum Photos in 1979. In 1994 he left Magnum to form his own agency Amazonas Images in Paris to represent his work. Salgado belongs to the tradition of socio-documentary photography: his work highlights the documentation of the work of people in less developed countries or in poverty. In 2001 he was nominated as a special representative of Unicef for his work. He works on his own long-term projects, some of which have been published in books such as "Otras Américas" or "Éxodos". Among his best known photographs are those taken in the gold mines of Serra Pelada in Brazil. He usually photographs in black and white with Leica. In 1989 he received the Hasselblad Foundation International Award. In June 2007, after receiving the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, there was a large anthological exhibition of his work at the PHotoEspaña international festival in Madrid, where he won the Audience Award. While Sebastião Salgado's fame grew in the world of photography, being part of the Magnum agency, his wife Lélia Wanick worked as editor of his works to publish them in books and exhibitions. In the 1990s they both decided to return to Minas Gerais, Brazil, to receive from Sebastião's family a totally devastated, eroded and dry field. In 1998 they formed the Terra Institute and with Lélia as president of the project, they began to reforest the land. With more than 4 million seeds of native species raised by them, they completely reforested the Bulcao Farm with its original flora, giving life to an emblematic and hopeful project for the whole world. Published books: GOLD (2020), Genesis (2013), Exodus (2000), The Gold Mine of Serra Pelada (1999), Terra (1997), Trabalhadores (1996), The Hand of Man (1993), Sahel: l'Homme en Détresse, Prisma Presse and Centre National de la Photographie, for Médecins sans frontières, France (1986), Other Americas (1986), Les Hmongs, Médecins sans frontières, Chêne/Hachette, Paris (1982).
Setdart Auction House
Jan. 05, 2026
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO, Brazil (1944 -), Clinic in Ade, on the border between Chad and Sudan, 1985, gelatin silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, printed 1989 (unframed), 35.5 x 54.5 cm. (13.9 x 21.4 in.), sheet: 50
Est: $800 - $1,200
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO Brazil, (1944 - ) Clinic in Ade, on the border between Chad and Sudan, 1985 gelatin silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, printed 1989 (unframed) Magnum Photos, Tokyo In Our Time Exhibition blindstamp lower right
Lawsons
Dec. 16, 2025
Sebastião Salgado. Coal Mining, Dhanbad, State of Bihar, India. 1989.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Sebastião Salgado 1944-2025 Coal Mining, Dhanbad, State of Bihar, India. 1989. Silver print With Salgado's copyright blind stamp on recto, and his signature, partial title, date, and edition notation 28/300 in pencil on verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 16, 2025
Sebastião Salgado. Tigray, Ethiopia. 1985.
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
Sebastião Salgado 1944-2025 Tigray, Ethiopia. 1985. Silver print With Salgado's signature, title, and date in pencil on verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 16, 2025
Sebastião Salgado. Mentawai, Indonesia [children combing their hair]. 2008; printed 2009.
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
Sebastião Salgado 1944-2025 Mentawai, Indonesia [children combing their hair]. 2008; printed 2009. Silver print With Salgado's copyright blind stamp on recto, and his signature, partial title, and negative date in pencil on verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 12, 2025
Sebastião Selgado (Brazilian 1944-2025), Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, Gelatin silver print, Sheet size: 31-1/4 x 45-1/2 in (79.4 x 115.6 cm); Frame: 36 x 48-1/2 in (91.4 x 123.2 cm)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian, 1944-2025) Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India Gelatin silver print Signed, located India and dated 1995 on verso
Weschler's
Dec. 07, 2025
SEBASTIAO SALGADO 'GOLD MINE SERRA PELADA'
Est: $200 - $300
Sebastiao Salgado 'Gold Mine Serra Pelada' photo print. Mounted. Measures 12 3/8" x 8 3/8".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Dec. 07, 2025
SEBASTIAO SALGADO 'GOLD MINE SERRA PELADA'
Est: $200 - $300
Sebastiao Salgado 'Gold Mine Serra Pelada' photo print. Mounted. Measures 11 5/8" x 7 3/4".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Dec. 07, 2025
SEBASTIAO SALGADO 'CHURCHGATE STATION INDIA' PHOTO
Est: $300 - $400
Sebastiao Salgado Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India photo-litho. Sheet measures 21 3/8" x 14 3/8".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Dec. 06, 2025
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (Brazilian 1944-2025) "Genesis," 2013, Wooden Crate: 33 x 24 x 11 in. (83.8 x 61 x 27.9 cm.)
Est: $400 - $600
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (Brazilian 1944-2025) "Genesis," 2013, hardcover Collector's Edition, in two volumes, the colophon signed by Salgado, number 1429 of 2500 signed copies, published by Taschen, Cologne, Germany, in their original and unopened wooden shipping crate. *Photo courtesy of https://www.taschen.com
Simpson Galleries, LLC
Dec. 03, 2025
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (Brazilian, born 1944) Coal Mining, Dhanbad, India 1989 silver gelatin print 29.5 x 44cm (image); 40.5 x 50.5cm (s...
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (Brazilian, born 1944) Coal Mining, Dhanbad, India 1989 silver gelatin print initialled, titled and dated verso (concealed): S.S. L. h/ INDiA. 1989 29.5 x 44cm (image); 40.5 x 50.5cm (sheet); 51 x 61cm (frame) PROVENANCE: Byron Map Gallery, Sydney Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: Sebastião Salgado is widely celebrated for his immersive documentary practice, spending extended periods working alongside the communities he photographs. "Coal Mining, Dhanbad, India" forms part of his landmark "Workers" project from 1986–1992, a sweeping visual study of labour and industry across the globe. In Dhanbad, Salgado photographed miners enduring intense heat and physically demanding conditions in one of India's most hazardous coalfields. © Sebastiao Salgado/Copyright Agency, 2025
Leonard Joel
Dec. 01, 2025
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO, Brazil (1944 -), Clinic in Ade, on the border between Chad and Sudan, 1985, gelatin silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, printed 1989, 35.5 x 54.5 cm. (13.9 x 21.4 in.), sheet: 50.5 x 61 cm.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO Brazil, (1944 - ) Clinic in Ade, on the border between Chad and Sudan, 1985 gelatin silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, printed 1989 Magnum Photos, Tokyo In Our Time Exhibition blindstamp lower right
Lawsons
Nov. 27, 2025
§ Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025) Cambodia, 1990
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Silver gelatin print, image size 29.5 x 44cm, sheet size 40.5 x 50cm, signed and dedicated by the photographer in black ink with the photographer's blindstamp lower margin recto, signed, titled, and dated by the photographer in pencil verso. Framed, frame size 55 x 67cm. Provenance:A gift from the photographer to the present owner.
Chiswick Auctions
Nov. 09, 2025
SALGADO SEBASTIAO (1944 - 2025) Sebastiao Salgado
Est: €1,000 - €1,200
SALGADO SEBASTIAO (1944 - 2025) Sebastiao Salgado signed print and a luxury edition of his book SALGADO SEBASTIAO (1944 - 2025) set van een gesigneerde print (26 x 33) met een luchtfoto met runderen en een luxe uitgave van het boek "Genesis"
DVC