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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Lorita Swet, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Lorita Swet, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  2. Untitled, from the portfolio "Utopia" by Kathleen Laufman, Image 1.

    Kathleen Laufman

    Untitled, from the portfolio "Utopia", 1989

    Linoleum cut on paper

    22.5 x 14.875 in (57.15 x 37.78 cm)

  3. Egg Processor by Chuck Connelly, Image 1.

    Chuck Connelly

    Egg Processor, 1983

    Oil on canvas

    90 x 108 in (228.6 x 274.32 cm)

  4. Anette, Jo Ella & Barbie Too by Future Akins-Tillet, Image 1.

    Future Akins-Tillet

    Anette, Jo Ella & Barbie Too, 1982

    Screenprint on paper

    22.75 x 29.75 in (57.79 x 75.57 cm)

  5. Collaboration: Press by Jim McCormick, Image 1.

    Jim McCormick

    Collaboration: Press, 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    16.0625 x 11.3125 in (40.8 x 28.73 cm)

  6. Peter MacGill

    Untitled, 1976-1977

    Gelatin silver print

    6 x 6 in (15.24 x 15.24 cm)

  7. Air by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Air, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    22.125 x 29.75 in (56.2 x 75.57 cm)

  8. Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate VI by William Hogarth, Image 1.

    William Hogarth

    Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate VI, 1797

    Engraving on paper

    14.5 x 17.25 in (36.83 x 43.82 cm)

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About the artist

Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian

1944-2025

Sebastião Salgado is a Brazilian photojournalist whose black-and-white prints capture natural environments and the people who inhabit them. He uses his images as a means of promoting preservation, as is the focus of his project GENESIS (2004–2011). Salgado’s documentation of unblemished landscapes, wildlife, and indigenous communities demonstrate how urgently the need is to protect these subjects. “What I want is the world to remember the problems and the people I photograph,” he said of his work. “What I want is to create a discussion about what is happening around the world and to provoke some debate with these pictures.” Born on February 8, 1944 in Aimorés, Brazil, the artist trained as an economist before turning to photography in 1973. Having worked at agencies Sygma, Gamma, and the famed Magnum Photos, he and his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, formed their own agency, Amazonas in 1994. In 2007, the artist’s book Sebastião Salgado: Africa, a collection of 30 years of his work capturing the African continent and its people, was released to critical acclaim. A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Salgado, currently lives and works in Paris, France.