Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastiao Salgado’s son Rodrigo Salgado, sitting center right, with family member Flavio Salgado, pose during Rodrigo Salgado’s exhibition, Saturday, May 24, 2025 in Reims, eastern France, one day after Sebastiao Salgado died at 81 from leukemia . (Sarah Heymann via AP)
Ceremony honors late photographer Sebasti茫o Salgado
REIMS, France (AP) 鈥 A mourning ceremony was held Saturday in Reims in eastern France to honor Sebasti茫o Salgado, the celebrated Brazilian photographer and environmentalist who died Friday at 81.
Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastiao Salgado’s son Rodrigo Salgado, sitting center right, with family member Flavio Salgado, pose during Rodrigo Salgado’s exhibition, Saturday, May 24, 2025 in Reims, eastern France, one day after Sebastiao Salgado died at 81 from leukemia . (Sarah Heymann via AP)
REIMS, France (AP) 鈥 A mourning ceremony was held Saturday in Reims in eastern France to honor Sebasti茫o Salgado, the celebrated Brazilian photographer and environmentalist who died Friday at 81.
As his widow, L茅lia Wanick Salgado, and their sons, Juliano and Rodrigo, attended the opening of an art exhibition featuring the work of Rodrigo, the gathering turned into a tribute to the late artist.
鈥淭here are so many things I remember about Sebasti玫,” said Salgado’s widow. “He was a very lively person. He loved life.鈥
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An exhibition of art by his son in Reims in eastern France on Saturday turned into a tribute ceremony for Sebasti茫o Salgado, the Brazilian photographer and environmentalist who died a day earlier. His widow, L茅lia Wanick Salgado, and the couple's two sons were among those paying tribute to the celebrated artist, whose work captured both the suffering and dignity of people across the globe. (AP Video by Boubkar Benzabat / May 24, 2025)
A moment of silence was observed in the packed hall, where friends, admirers and fellow artists gathered to pay tribute.
, whose powerful black-and-white photographs captured both the suffering and dignity of people across the globe, had lived in Paris for more than five decades.
He had been battling leukemia and was recently dealing with other health issues, according to his family.
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