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Sebastião Salgado

What drew you to the camera?

I was doing a PhD in economics in Paris when my wife Lélia, who was studying architecture, bought a camera. I looked through a viewfinder and my life completely changed. What I loved, what I found interesting, what made me upset — Icould capture it all. Photography took up so much time there was nothing left for any other activity.

How did your early life

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