Sebastião Salgado’s photography practice is rooted in his deep personal drive to document social and economic inequality. Salgado’s photo essays offer overt visual critiques of the current state of the world, thematically tackling the interplay of the human condition and the environment.Salgado’s photographs have been the subject of international exhibitions, celebrated books, and are held in many museum collections globally including Centre Pompidou (Paris) and the National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo) among others.Salgado has been awarded numerous photographic prizes and prestigious honors, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Center of Photography (New York) and a Comendador da Ordem do Rio Branco (Brazil) distinction.In 1998, Salgado and Lélia Wanick Salgado, his wife and longtime creative partner, co-founded Instituto Terra, the acclaimed Brazilian nonprofit dedicated to reforestation, conservation, and environmental education.