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Sebastiao Salgado Quotes: I try with my pictures to raise a question, to provoke a debate, so that we can discuss problems together and come up with solutions.
         

I try with my pictures to raise a question, to provoke a debate, so that we can discuss problems together and come up with solutions.


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It's more important for a photographer to have very good shoes, than to have a very good camera

It's more important for a photographer to have very good shoes, than to have a very good camera



The picture is not made by the photographer, the picture is more good or less good in function of the relationship that you have with the people you photograph.

The picture is not made by the photographer, the picture is more good or less good in function of the relationship that you have with the people you photograph.



The language that photography has is a formal language. Any photographer is doing something formal. If it's formal, then it must be an aesthetic way to communicate.

The language that photography has is a formal language. Any photographer is doing something formal. If it's formal, then it must be an aesthetic way to communicate.



In GENESIS, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen.

In GENESIS, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen.



I don't believe a person has a style. What people have is a way of photographing what is inside them. What is there comes out.

I don't believe a person has a style. What people have is a way of photographing what is inside them. What is there comes out.



I'm not an artist. An artist makes an object. Me, it's not an object, I work in history, I'm a storyteller.

I'm not an artist. An artist makes an object. Me, it's not an object, I work in history, I'm a storyteller.



I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by being truly concerned about what is going on in the world.

I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by being truly concerned about what is going on in the world.



What I want is to create a discussion about what is happening around the world and to provoke some debate with these pictures. Nothing more than this.

What I want is to create a discussion about what is happening around the world and to provoke some debate with these pictures. Nothing more than this.



I tell a little bit of my life to them, and they tell a little of theirs to me. The picture itself is just the tip of the iceberg.

I tell a little bit of my life to them, and they tell a little of theirs to me. The picture itself is just the tip of the iceberg.






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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.



If I put things between me and Christ, it is idolatry. If I put Christ between me and things, it is victory!

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Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful.

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I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.



The evening news is a concept whose time has come and gone.

The evening news is a concept whose time has come and gone.



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Life is too short for aught but high endeavor.



Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution?

Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution?



The question is whether we're ready to undertake responsibility for overcoming the crisis or will again sink in debates, mutual recriminations and half-steps

The question is whether we're ready to undertake responsibility for overcoming the crisis or will again sink in debates, mutual recriminations and half-steps




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