Photographer and environmental activist Sebastio Salgado dies at 81

[electricmonk]

Just a few days ago here there was a discussion about him planting millions of trees in Brazil over the course of his career and today I woke up to this news. He was my favorite contemporary photographer. Not just because of his photos but his humanitarianism away from the camera. He was trained as an economist but later switched to photography but used his knowledge of unfettered capitalism in his photography to show it's effects on humanity.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/brazil-sebastiao-salgado-death

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. One of my top photographers since I noticed him in late 1980s. . . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Applegrove's post and inspiration

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Applegrove's post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20326563

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6tc2t4gmbgju74qr5u5ac7tv/post/3lpft6lsvpl2p
https://www.boredpanda.com/brazilian-couple-recreated-forest-sebastiao-leila-salgado-reforestation/


My reply to applegrove's OP:

Inspiration? "The Man Who Planted Trees" (French title: L'homme qui plantait des arbres):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Planted_Trees

The Man Who Planted Trees (French title: L'homme qui plantait des arbres), also known as The Story of Elzéard Bouffier, is an allegorical tale by French author Jean Giono, published in 1953. It tells the story of one shepherd's long and successful singlehanded effort to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the Alps, near Provence, throughout the first half of the 20th century. It was written in French, and first published in English. The story has become known worldwide and is seen as an inspiration for ecological regeneration brought about by man. In 1988, Frédéric Back won an Academy Award for the animated short film The Man Who Planted Trees (L'homme qui plantait des arbres). The film was published in two versions, French and English, and narrated respectively by actors Philippe Noiret and Christopher Plummer.

The film is a Canadian production: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Radio-Canada). It is really good and how I encountered the story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Planted_Trees_%28film%29

The Man Who Planted Trees (French: L'homme qui plantait des arbres) is a 1987 Canadian short animated film directed by Frédéric Back. It is based on Jean Giono's 1953 short story The Man Who Planted Trees. This 30-minute film was distributed in two versions, French and English, narrated respectively by actors Philippe Noiret and Christopher Plummer, and produced by Radio-Canada.

The film won the Academy Award (1988) for Best Animated Short Film.[2][3] In his acceptance speech, Back shared his Oscar with "all the women and men who plant trees and hope and work so hard to protect forests, wildlife, the health and the beauty of this world".

In 1994, it was voted number 44 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.[6]

30 minutes, English language version:

[2naSalit]

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