Transcendients: 100 Days of COVID-19

Day 33: Sabastiao Salgado

Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2001

Sebastião, working with the nonprofit global activist organization Avaaz, has warned that Indigenous people face catastrophic losses if COVID-19 spreads in their communities: they not only are tight-knit but also have little to no contact with the outside world.

Story reported in an article in Global Citizen, May 4, 2020,
called to my attention by writer and art-dealer, Filippo Fossati

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