| Full Name | Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior |
| Date of Birth | February 8, 1944 |
| Place of Birth | Aimorés, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian, French |
| Known for | Photography |
| Children | Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Rodrigo Salgado |
| Website | institutoterra.org |
| Career Highlights | – Traveled to over 120 countries for photographic projects – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador – Awarded the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in 1982 – Honored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences – Received the Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship – Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at the Institut de France |
| Education | – BA degree from UFES – Master’s degree from the University of São Paulo – PhD from University of Paris |
| Honors and Awards | – Awarded the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in 1982 – Foreign Honorary Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992 – Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in 1993 – Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at the Institut de France since April 2016 |
