A young man climbs a tree over 40 meters high to pick durian, a popular fruit of the
people, Indonesia, 2008
The Jurua, one of the Amazon’s longest tributaries, State of Amazonas, Brazil, 2009
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Sebastião Salgado, Participant at the Paya Sing, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, 2008
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Sebastião Salgado, Battling burning oil wells, Greater Burhan oil field, Kuwait, 1991
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