REIMS, France — A mourning ceremony was held Saturday in Reims in jap France to honor Sebastião Salgado, the celebrated Brazilian photographer and environmentalist who died Friday at 81.
As his widow, Lélia Wanick Salgado, and their sons, Juliano and Rodrigo, attended the opening of an artwork exhibition that includes the work of Rodrigo, the gathering changed into a tribute to the late artist.
“There are such a lot of issues I bear in mind about Sebastiõ,” mentioned Salgado’s widow. “He was a really vigorous individual. He cherished life.”
A second of silence was noticed within the packed corridor, the place buddies, admirers and fellow artists gathered to pay tribute.
Salgado, whose highly effective black-and-white pictures captured each the struggling and dignity of individuals throughout the globe, had lived in Paris for greater than 5 a long time.
He had been battling leukemia and was just lately coping with different well being points, based on his household.
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