Travelling by foot, bus, on small boats, airplanes and even in hot air balloons, Salgado captured giant deserts, frozen lands, icebergs, volcanoes, forests, mountain ranges and animals in their natural habitat – from penguins, sea lions and whales in Antarctica and the South Atlantic, to leopards, wildebeest and elephants in Africa. In his search for primitive people, he discovered tribes with ancient customs and little or no contact with the outside world, such as those who still live in “isolation” in the Amazon and the rainforests of New Guinea.

Vale starts project sponsorship

The first exhibition with exclusive sponsorship by Vale was open to the public in London, then visited Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, Switzerland and Belo Horizonte.

Several cities around the world and in Brazil have hosted the exhibition, with other sponsors. Hundreds of thousands of people have had the opportunity to visit the exhibition. A book with the pictures of the project was released simultaneously.

Vale promoted the #LetsPreserve photo competition, which was open to the general public through our site. About 1,200 people participated. Sebastião Salgado also selected three photographs and their authors received honorable mentions.

Vale's sponsorship of the exhibition will end at the event held in Shanghai. The exhibition will run until December 22, 2015.

About 70 employees from Vale's China office took part in a conversation with Sebastião Salgado. The photographer talked about his career and a few stories over the eight years of the expedition. Employees were drawn from a lucky dip with tickets to the exhibition and copies of the Genesis book.