Rainforest photographs

As his new exhibition opens in Dublin, Sebastião Salgado tells Pádraic Killeen why he has greater hope for the environment

“I don’t see myself as an activist. I’m a photographer. I’m just a photographer.”

THAT Sebastião Salgado, perhaps the most renowned figure in modern photojournalism, can describe himself as “just a photographer” is not a polite show of modesty.