Lélia Wanick Salgado (born 1947), is a Brazilian author, film producer and environmentalist.
She directs the photo press agency Amazonas Images that she founded in 2004 with husband Sebastião Salgado.
She started her professional life at 17 when she became a primary school and piano teacher.
She holds a degree in architecture from the Ecole National Supérieure de Beaux Arts and Urbanism at the Paris VII University.
[5] In 1998, Salgado and her husband created InstitutoTerra, an environmental organization that aims to promote the restoration of the Rio Doce valley.