Alexandre Farto’s continues to add his stunning murals chipped into the exterior walls of buildings in Rio, Lisbon and Paris
A native of São Paulo, Cássio Vasconcellos has work you've probably seen before, if only the cityscape that graced the poster for hit movie Inception.
His truly outstanding aerial photography is what caught my eye. They almost seem implausibly vast and beautiful.
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With handmade kites, and waxed kite strings coated in ground glass, these kids (and adults) compete with their neighbors to see who can cut whose string first.
Lovely little documentary from the NYTimes
From Renato Stockler:
A “terrao" is an oasis in the urban landscape. The reddish tone of a soccer field turns into a stage for the resistance of popular soccer. These fields are increasingly rare to see because of property speculation and land occupation. Some of them have their own football clubs, while others are public spots. Some of them are mainly dirt, while others are of sand and weathered grass. But they are a breath for the hard daily life of those who live in the outskirts of Sao Paulo. These fields show the urgency for public and communal places to practice sports, a portrait of those who fight for leisure in a city as Sao Paulo. Colored and powerful in the face of the greyish scenario, these fields are a solid basis of soccer’s spirit in Brasil. It’s not hard to find friends, relatives, adults and children cheering together for their local teams. Even through social and political difficulties, a “terrao" shows us the real soccer, far away from a society mediated by powerful media groups. The rawness of a “terrao"can't be fitted as a media spectacle.
Very similar to Miniature Foodscapes by photographers Pierre Javelle and Akiko Ida, Brazilian artist William Kass has created these stylish foodscapes with tiny adventures in them — too fun to not share.
Redditor and designer, rojito, has gone through and offered an alternative vision for each of the 32 national jerseys for the 2014 World Cup (check out the actual jerseys here).
Some of them are super stylish and vast improvements over originals. Some are very on the nose (the Spanish one for example) and some just seem fussy. But over all a masterful and imaginative re-envisioning.
With voting still going on, Russia (who is beating Nigeria in the first round) is trailing host country Brazil (who is easily sailing past Bosnia & Herzegovina) in the World Cup Kit Design Showdown.
Have you voted?
We've seen the great aerial photography of Cássio Vasconcellos before (here).
And now here are some beautiful shots he took with a super telephoto lens high above São Paulo's Carnival this year.
His entire body of work is really quite impressive, and I am always waiting for his new shots. See all of his work »
He has some great aerial shots of the World Cup stadiums we are going to feature on our FIFA World Cup section as we get closer to the start of the tournament, so keep an eye out for those.
Also check out City of Samba for a great Carnival tilt-shift video from a few years ago »
http://www.facebook.com/cidadecinzasp Sinopse: Nas ruas de uma das maiores e mais desorganizadas metrópolis do mundo nasceu uma nova forma de graffiti, na qual o hip hop americano foi substituído pela cultura regional brasileira. Rapidamente, as obras d'Osgemeos, Nunca e Nina se espalharam pelas ruas de São Paulo e depois pelas galerias do mundo.
Shot over 6 years Grey City is about the back and forth between Sao Paulo’s street art community and the city government.
There are English captions, so make sure those are turned on if you don't understand Portuguese.
Brasil, 2013. Durante os protestos essa semana no Rio eu fiz um registro do registro das minhas fotografias. É um video que conta exatamente momentos antes de cada fotografia tirada, acho que além disso, conta a história de algo que parece estar marcando nosso país. Confesso que me emocionei ao final.
Rio de Janiero-based photographer Michel de Souza was on the scene shooting photos the people protesting the lack of public services. He also captured this point-of-view footage using two GoPro cameras mounted to his DSLRs.
Riot police were sent to fire tear gas and rubber bullets in order to break up the gathering.
De Souza: “I confess that, towards the end, it moved me to tears."
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Shortlisted at the Vimeo Awards 2012. Tilt shift of the Carnaval party in Rio de Janeiro. Soundtrack available here: http://tinyurl.com/6mrzndl Made by Keith Loutit and Jarbas Agnelli. Captured during Carnaval of 2011. Music by Jarbas Agnelli. Special thanks to Rede Globo, Liesa and Jodele Larcher. Extra thanks to Aguinaldo Rocca (producer) and Nick Graham-Smith (recording engineer). Thanks also to Guto Vaz, Marcio Avila and Duda M. for supporting us on the ground. keithloutit.com adstudio.com.br
Revisiting this gorgeous tilt-shift timelapse of Rio during the Carnaval.
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