Lélia Wanick Salgado (born on July 1, 1946), is a Brazilian author, film producer and environmentalist. She directs the photo press agency Amazonas Images that she founded in 2004 with husband

Sebastião Salgado Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (8 February 1944 – 23 May 2025) was a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. He traveled in more than 120 countries for his photographic projects, which appeared in numerous press p ...

. Salgado was born in 1946 in

Vitória, Espírito Santo Vitória (; ) is the capital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is located on a small island within a bay where a number of rivers meet the sea. It was founded in 1551. The city proper is and has a population of 322,869 (2022), whilst ...

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. She started her professional life at 17 when she became a primary school and piano teacher. She holds a degree in architecture from the Ecole National Supérieure de Beaux Arts and Urbanism at the

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University. She met

in 1964 and married in 1967. The political situation in Brazil and the opposition they expressed against it led them to leave Brazil and move to France. Her career includes curating Sebastião Salgado's photos, founding ''Photo Revue'' and ''Longue Vue'' magazines, managing a Magnum Agency photo gallery, and organizing cultural events in photography. In recognition of the production of the documentary '' The Salt of the Earth,'' she was nominated for an Oscar Award in 2015 for ''Best Feature Documentary.'' It won the 2014 Audience Award at the

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and the 2015 Audience Award at the

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. It also won the

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at the

40th César Awards The 40th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best 2014 in film, films of 2014 in France and took place on 20 February 2015 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chai ...

. In 1998, Salgado and her husband created InstitutoTerra, an environmental organization that aims to promote the restoration of the

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. Instituto Terra, besides promoting reforestation, promotes environmental education, scientific research, and sustainable development.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salgado, Lélia Wanick Brazilian women film producers Brazilian environmentalists Brazilian film producers École Normale Supérieure alumni 1947 births Living people