Sebastião Salgado. Genesis"In GENESIS, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen." Sebasti o Salgado On a very fortuitous day in 1970, 26 year old Sebasti o Salgado held a camera for the first time. When he looked through the viewfinder, he experienced a revelation: suddenly life made sense. From that day onward though it took years of hard work before he had the experience to earn his living as a photographer the camera became his tool for