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Serra Pelada, State of Para, Brazil (St. Sebastian) by Artist: Sebastião Salgado

Serra Pelada, State of Para, Brazil (St. Sebastian)

Artist: Sebastião Salgado

1986

Gelatin silver print

Yale University Art Gallery

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A group of men, many appearing to be miners, are gathered in a vast, open-pit excavation site. The scene is densely populated with figures working and moving across the uneven terrain. Serra Pelada, State of Para, Brazil (St. Sebastian) Artist: Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian, 1944–2025) Janet and Simeon Braguin Fund

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person clothing rock dirt wood diagonal lines dense composition layered depth high-angle view mining labor excavation

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