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Jesus, Make-up and Football: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Frederik Buyckx
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Description for Jesus, Make-up and Football: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Paperback. Frederik Buyckx's photographs provide a haunting glimpse into the lives of the favela resident and what matters to them most: Jesus, Make-up and Football. Num Pages: 308 pages, 308 colour. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 208 x 15. Weight in Grams: 680.
This book is all about the favelas or slums of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil where a fifth of Rio's six million inhabitants live in favelas: self-built, improvised and populous neighborhoods in which life can be rough. With the World Cup coming to Rio in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, the city is determined to show itself to its best advantage. The government is using the opportunity to clean up the slums and flush out the drug gangs. Frederik Buyckx rented a pied-terre for a few months in a favela and shared the inhabitants' daily lives. Jesus, ... Read more
This book is all about the favelas or slums of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil where a fifth of Rio's six million inhabitants live in favelas: self-built, improvised and populous neighborhoods in which life can be rough. With the World Cup coming to Rio in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, the city is determined to show itself to its best advantage. The government is using the opportunity to clean up the slums and flush out the drug gangs. Frederik Buyckx rented a pied-terre for a few months in a favela and shared the inhabitants' daily lives. Jesus, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lannoo Publishers Belgium
Number of pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Tielt, Belgium
ISBN
9789401412261
SKU
V9789401412261
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99-15
About Frederik Buyckx
Frederik Buyckx (1984)became a photographer in 2011, after a career in advertising and as a designer. He works as a freelancer for De Standaard and has collected many prizes with his work Jesus, Make-Up and Football. His work has been published in The New York Times, The Sunday Times,Vice.com and many more.
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