Sebastião Salgado, Cemetery of the Town of Huautla de Jiménez, Mexico, 1980 - Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Bene Taschen Cologne
25/10/2025 - 21/02/2026
Galerie Bene Taschen Cologne
Moltkestr. 81
50674 Cologne
www.benetaschen.com
Galerie Bene Taschen is pleased to present a selection of the life's work of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado (1944–2025) in a retrospective exhibition. Sebastião Salgado is regarded as one of the most important photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries. The exhibition Sebastião Salgado. A Retrospective brings together works from his series Genesis, Workers, Gold, Exodus, and Other Americas. At the same time, the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne will present the solo exhibition AMAZÔNIA – Photographs by Sebastião Salgado.
Together with his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado, Sebastião Salgado was committed to environmental protection. The couple founded the Instituto Terra, an organization dedicated to reforesting a region of Brazil's Atlantic Forest, protecting water sources, supporting scientific research, and promoting environmental education. More than 3 million trees have been planted in this area.