Sebastião Salgado and Amazonas Images have graciously granted us permission to use this photograph. Taken from page 365 of Migrations: Humanity in Transition (2000), the photograph features building and construction in Jakarta, Indonesia, 1996.

Before photography captured the imagination of Sebastião Salgado, son of a Brazilian cattle rancher, he studied economics, completed coursework for a doctorate at the University of Paris, and worked as an economist for the International Coffee Organization. In 1973, however, using a borrowed camera for a trip to Africa, he discovered his passion for photography.

During the years that followed, he worked for several photo agencies; and, from 1979 to 1994, as a member of Magnum Photos, an international cooperative, he covered world news through the lens of a camera. At the same time, he began developing the in-depth photo documentaries for which he is known today and that are based on extended contact with the people in particular regions or circumstances who became the subjects of his projects.

In 1994, Salgado founded his own press agency, Amazonas Images. The titles of Salgado’s photo essays reflect the scope of his interests and the depth of his social concerns: Other Americas (1986), Sahel: L’Homme en Détresse (Sahel: Man in Distress) (1986), Workers: An Archeology of the Industrial Age (1993), Terra: Struggle of the Landless (1997), Migrations: Humanity in Transition (2000), and The Children: Refugees and Migrants (2000).
Further information about Sebastião Salgado and images of his work may be found online at: http://www.terra.com.br/sebastiaosalgado/e1/