Blog #7 Sebastiao Selgado

Sebastiao Delgado is a 78-year-old Brazilian photojournalist that was born in Aimores, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is famous for traveling basically everywhere, in over 120 countries, for his photos. In these photos, he documents a love for nature and the socio-economic issues that impact us, humans. He was inspired by the revival of his land. Sebastiao wanted to properly preserve memories of places he went to, along with racing awareness of their destruction.

 This black and white photograph is of Sebastiao in his homeland of Brazil. This piece also has a piece of his artwork in it. It is one of his most famous works and it shows seals and penguins on a muddy incline. I like this picture because it's an art piece in an art piece. I like how this self-portrait does not have him looking exactly into the camera, but at his artwork instead. This contains a lot of different tonalities and I enjoy the complexity of this piece.

This picture is definitely the favorite that I have seen. This picture is of the Amazon in Brazil. It is so complex and looks so beautiful. It has a lot of tonalities and different contrasts. I like how you can see the three elements such as the water, trees, and the sky. The sky and clouds look dramatic and everything looks like it is literally on top of one another. You can see the details everywhere to the point where you can be there yourself. This looks like something unimaginable with how beautiful it looks.