Quotes: Sebastiao Salgado

"I believe that photography is a universal language. It has an incredible power to transmit an idea."

This next quote by Salgado is right on the money, its why I make photographs."

"I don't want to create a bad conscience for those people who look at my photographs. What I want to show is a reality that we can look at and try to understand, participate, and try to see if we can change the way of life everywhere and live a little bit better. Of course, it's a very idealistic point of view but I think it is possible."