With immense sadness and deep regret, the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) announces the death of Sebastião Salgado, Member of the International Advisory Board.

Sebastião Salgado was more than one of the most outstanding photographers in contemporary history - he was a tireless humanist, a defender of social and environmental causes. His career, marked by a unique sensitivity and a gaze deeply committed to the peoples and territories he portrayed, leaves an irreparable gap in culture and global awareness.

An economist by training, he began his career as a photographer in Paris in 1973 and has since traveled to over a hundred countries, masterfully documenting the human condition and the planet's challenges. His legacy transcends art: it is an ethical and poetic call to collective responsibility towards the most vulnerable and nature.

He has received numerous honors worldwide, such as the Order of Rio Branco, the title of Knight of the Legion of Honor in France, and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. He has also been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, an honorary member of the US Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France. His most recent work, focused on preserving the Amazon and valuing indigenous communities, reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to Brazil and the planet's future.

With his partner in life and creation, Lélia Wanick Salgado, he founded the Amazonas Images agency and conceived photographic projects that transformed the world's perception of urgent issues. His story was immortalized in the acclaimed documentary The Salt of the Earth, nominated for an Oscar and awarded at Cannes.

Sebastião Salgado inspires CEBRI and all those who believe in the power of images, empathy and knowledge as bridges to peace and international cooperation.

We express our deepest condolences to his family, friends and all those in Brazil and worldwide whom his work and humanity have touched.