Brasil

1985

Sebastião Salgado

Associated Names
Sebastião Salgado

Artist, Brazilian, 1944 - 2025

This is a photograph of a mining site with many workers performing manual labor. The workers are covered in dirt, working in a rugged terrain with terraced slopes. Some workers are carrying heavy sacks on their shoulders while navigating the steep inclines. The scene conveys the challenging conditions of mining work and the collective effort of the workers. The monochromatic palette of the photograph highlights the rough textures and physicality of the labor depicted.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.8 × 44.5 cm (11 3/4 × 17 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 40.3 × 50.1 cm (15 7/8 × 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.126

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 9 February 1996; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

embossed lower left below image: © SEBASTIÃO SALGADO; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: S. Salgado / BRASIL-1985; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: PF15632; bottom right: SS-01-45; bottom right: PW7165

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