From 65438 to 0969, 25-year-old salgado moved to Europe after obtaining a master's degree in economics in Sao Paulo.

1970 began to contact photography and fell in love with this instant art at first sight.

1973, when he worked in the African coffee trade organization, he found that his hobby of photography far exceeded filling out boring forms, so he quit his job and devoted himself to photography. He soon became a full-time reporter of the World Council of Churches, and his first job was a photo report on the drought in the Sahara desert.

The following year (1974), 30-year-old salgado was recruited as a photojournalist by French Sigma Photo Agency and began to take photos all over the world.