This photograph was taken by Sebastiao Salgado Brazilian photographer, social documentarian and photojournalist.

Born on February 8, 1944 in Aimorés, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Salgado initially trained as an economist, earning a Bachelor of Economics from the University of São Paulo in Brazil. He began working as an economist for the International Coffee Organization, often traveling to Africa on missions for the World Bank, when he started taking photographs seriously. He decided to abandon a career as an economist to change the picture in
1973.

This photograph shows the Serra Pelada gold mine, became known during the 1980s by a run of modern gold, having become the largest gold mine in the world open sky. It is located in the municipality of Curionópolis south do Pará state, Brazil.

I like this photograph because sebastiao manages to reveal fatigue and exploitation suffered by those men in conditions of absolute insecurity superhuman, with faces migrants risking their lives devastated by work. it is a very symbolic photograph showing the courage and the will of these bodies to scale that depth with a clear objective.