>>2717307You should seriously consider watching the The Salt of the Earth, the movie made about Salgado, if you haven't already (It's on Netflix).
At least while he was working on Other Americas, he seems deeply involved with his subjects, and lived with the people he was making pictures of. I understand the notion of it seeming voyeuristic, but I would like to believe that his heart is in the right place.
Similarly, Martin Parr for much of his early work black and white stuff, he was living with the people he was photographing in Hampden Bridge. His stuff shot in Liverpool like
>>2716032, was also accused of a similar claim of it being voyeuristic and exploitative, so much so that it was apparently contentious within Magnum when he was applying for membership.
In Salgado's case however, I think it's important to remember that the work he was doing whether it was in South America, or Rwanda or Iraq was documentation, and I think that that is where that "vibe" comes from. Maybe more to the point it is a conflation between voyeurism and exploitation that is seemingly rubbing you the wrong way about his work.
In my opinion, he's preserving moments that show the pain that humans are capable of causing one another, and if by nature that is exploitative in the present, perhaps the lessons that can be gleaned from viewing his work will be of greater future value if it can teach empathy, or greater global awareness to other generations.
