Laurence Salzmann is a particular kind of documentary photographer: not the sort who thinks himself to be some kind of value-neutral observer, not the kind who esteems himself as an outside expert or purveyor-from-above, also not the kind who understands himself to be a romantic adventurer. Rather Salzmann is the kind of documentary photographer who sets out to learn from and not just about those he photographs, and who is genuinely humble toward his tasks as an artist—humble in the beginning and more humble at the end of a project. He stands not over his subjects but resolutely in their midst. 

Two Fulbright Grants were important to Salzmann’s photographic career:

1. Romania 1974-76. The Last Jews of Rădăuţi.

2. Peru 2016-17. Funds from grant supported work in Peru through 2020.

Misk’i Kachi Runakuna // Sweet Salt People // Gente de Sal Dulce

Misk’i Kachi // Sweet Salt

In 2018 the Kislak Center at the University of Pennsylvania Library
acquired a large collection of Salzmann’s photographs.

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Salzmann is available for lectures and talks concerning his many photo projects in Cuba (La Lucha), Mexico (EcheleGanas), Peru (Sweet Salt People), Romania (The Last Jews of Rădăuţi), and Turkey (Anyos Munchos i Buenos).