Comments on: Brazil: Surviving Rio’s Favelas

By: Julito626

Julito626 — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:35:29 +0000

I would like to say that this is the best job I Ever seen from a journalist.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:26:36 +0000

Well done! A friend of mine spent some time in Rio last year and said the favellas were the worst slums he’d seen. Good idea to spread the word.

By: Renato

Renato — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:09:14 +0000

Thank You for your courage, professionalism and amazing artistry for this very well made reportage, keep shooting please. GREAT WORK!

By: rachel

rachel — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:24:09 +0000

Very nice photographs with beautiful composition. i’m currently staying in belo horizonte, and have only seen these favelas in passing. In addition, it is very brave of you to take such photos.

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Rio Favela Photos | Art and Justice League Blog — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:58:31 +0000

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By: Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 08 May 2010 18:45:49 +0000

Thank you for posting this. Thought provoking and very sad. It seems like there is no solution. Most youths understandably want to be in gangs and get stoned. Its the best option available to them after being abandoned by their government- and the other classes of society who for the most part turn a blind eye.
Killings of prodominantly poor black youths are not condemned by all and not all poor black youths are thugs.
Just as some police are thugs whilst some legitimate.
There are few establishments trying to help delincuents (and most fail to understand them)- who do not have a choice. Their behavior is a consequence of how sociey has treated them.
Still I have always wanted to go and experience the passion/frantic/dark/alive city of Rio and one day i hope i will.

By: Martha Takayama

Martha Takayama — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:16:06 +0000

After years of stays with family in a traditional Carioca neighborhood. witnessing the steady expansion and descent over time of the nearby favelas toward the apartments fronting on the beach, I am overwhelmed by the power and accuracy of this essay. The detailed depiction of the complex socio-economic structure that results from the coexistence in extraordinary proximity on the streets of Rio De Janeiro, of affluence and poverty, ruthless violence and carefree charm, is all the more remarkable for being the product of foreign photojournalist. Futhermore Q. Sakamaki text is as incisive as his photos. Five Stars!

By: leyla richardson

leyla richardson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:46:41 +0000

wow, amazing photographs.

By: Q,

Q, — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:15:27 +0000

Hi Peter,
Thanks for mentioning about it. I’m worrying, too, about such a turnout, especially in the large increase of gang violence and the related killings.
We’ll see it.
Q,

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:38:07 +0000

Now that Rio has been picked as the site of the 2016 Olympics we will see some serious dumping of people out of the Favelas into the surrounding countryside. There will also be a concerted effort to remove the drug gangs from the Rio area. That will cause a spike in killings the like of which Rio has never seen. The next 4 years are going to be very interesting as the world comes and takes a look at the ‘Modern Brazil’. A place where 10% of the population controls 80% of all the money and property. Where the increase in the population in the favelas is 10 times the increase in outside them. Where people have 7,8,9 children born into abject poverty and we can thank the Catholic Church for that. These people have no education, most are illiterate. The government is powerless to change this and it will only get worse as the years go by. The Olympic Committee has no clue what they just did.