Comments on: Rocinha: giving away disposable cameras in Rio de Janeiro http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:53:22 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: JM23 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-6414 JM23 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:23:44 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-6414 Do you understand that is what makes these photos unique. Yes they were taken by children and yes most of them are of them posing with older crowd, perhaps if they were taken in some smokey club, or restaurant on a night out with friends in the ever so popular and much sought out "taken by myself of myself" pose, you know the one, that every stupid girl that thinks she is cute when she is drunk seems to post on their My space/facebook albums or even at very least one picture of somebody photographing themselves in the mirror. but let me ask you this. Have you lived there and what is your proof that this is not representation of their life? I felt that the images posted were fantastic I could feel the cold drab concrete floor, smell the stale humid air where the aroma of botanical mix with those of used diapers and decomposing food waste. I could feel the curiosity, joy, worry, along with the other emotions captured on the faces of the people in these pictures. Perhaps you can be the photographer on the Tours that Amin Dos Santos is getting ready to head. I think that we have a legitimate Class A touring guide in the works...travelocity eat your heart out. Do you understand that is what makes these photos unique. Yes they were taken by children and yes most of them are of them posing with older crowd, perhaps if they were taken in some smokey club, or restaurant on a night out with friends in the ever so popular and much sought out “taken by myself of myself” pose, you know the one, that every stupid girl that thinks she is cute when she is drunk seems to post on their My space/facebook albums or even at very least one picture of somebody photographing themselves in the mirror. but let me ask you this. Have you lived there and what is your proof that this is not representation of their life? I felt that the images posted were fantastic I could feel the cold drab concrete floor, smell the stale humid air where the aroma of botanical mix with those of used diapers and decomposing food waste. I could feel the curiosity, joy, worry, along with the other emotions captured on the faces of the people in these pictures. Perhaps you can be the photographer on the Tours that Amin Dos Santos is getting ready to head. I think that we have a legitimate Class A touring guide in the works…travelocity eat your heart out.

]]> By: JM23 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-6413 JM23 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:59:51 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-6413 I think that for someone who claims to be from such a poverty stricken place you would have a little more pride or respect towards those who just wanted to bring a little insight to the rest of the world. These are places/homes/even businesses that have managed to survive and sustain family as well as "everyday life". It is a shame that someone like yourself, obviously a well educated person, I mean you couldn't even take the time to use the spell check on words that even a newly arrived person to the states could probably spell let alone your rant is comedic at best. It really illustrates the fact that ugly people can come from beautiful places. You open up with the fact that you are from Brazil and how poor the people are from where you come from that they wouldn't even be able to develop the film that the pictures were on. As well as not being able to write, I am willing to bet it all that you can't read either. If you would have read with your eyes and brain instead of with your withered, black heart, you would have SEEN what the project was about. It is a good thing that you can't call yourself a true resident of such communities because it is your stupidity and close mindedness that give these "slums" such a bad name. The truth is poverty and crime exist everywhere and not until you have walked through the crossfire or endured the killing, raping, drugs, what have you and witnessed it in your own home can you make an honest and Educated testimony. I feel sorry for you my friend in the fact that you state you are from such living conditions yet you try to come off as someone who has risen above such lifestyle. To me it doesn't sound like you benefited from leaving as much as the people from your home did by having such a narrow minded, undereducated, hothead with a point of view leave THEIR HOME. Good luck to you in the future as I am sure that your legacy of a poor boy raised in the slums of Brazil successfully "getting out", only to grow up and be an illiterate hater of his own culture and people. If you ask me I think you should hop the first plane back home and support yourself by leading these tours into "YOUR" neighborhood that way tourists can say that they first hand got the opportunity to grace the slums of Brazil with a First class, NO CLASS, SLUMDOG. I think that for someone who claims to be from such a poverty stricken place you would have a little more pride or respect towards those who just wanted to bring a little insight to the rest of the world. These are places/homes/even businesses that have managed to survive and sustain family as well as “everyday life”. It is a shame that someone like yourself, obviously a well educated person, I mean you couldn’t even take the time to use the spell check on words that even a newly arrived person to the states could probably spell let alone your rant is comedic at best. It really illustrates the fact that ugly people can come from beautiful places. You open up with the fact that you are from Brazil and how poor the people are from where you come from that they wouldn’t even be able to develop the film that the pictures were on. As well as not being able to write, I am willing to bet it all that you can’t read either. If you would have read with your eyes and brain instead of with your withered, black heart, you would have SEEN what the project was about. It is a good thing that you can’t call yourself a true resident of such communities because it is your stupidity and close mindedness that give these “slums” such a bad name. The truth is poverty and crime exist everywhere and not until you have walked through the crossfire or endured the killing, raping, drugs, what have you and witnessed it in your own home can you make an honest and Educated testimony. I feel sorry for you my friend in the fact that you state you are from such living conditions yet you try to come off as someone who has risen above such lifestyle. To me it doesn’t sound like you benefited from leaving as much as the people from your home did by having such a narrow minded, undereducated, hothead with a point of view leave THEIR HOME. Good luck to you in the future as I am sure that your legacy of a poor boy raised in the slums of Brazil successfully “getting out”, only to grow up and be an illiterate hater of his own culture and people. If you ask me I think you should hop the first plane back home and support yourself by leading these tours into “YOUR” neighborhood that way tourists can say that they first hand got the opportunity to grace the slums of Brazil with a First class, NO CLASS, SLUMDOG.

]]> By: Adam http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-6386 Adam Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:45:37 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-6386 Good effort but would be more telling to give the cameras to an older crowd. The kids just seemed to take photos of themselves posing. With an older crowd, you could instruct them on the theme, such as "take photos of things that represent your life". Cheers Good effort but would be more telling to give the cameras to an older crowd. The kids just seemed to take photos of themselves posing. With an older crowd, you could instruct them on the theme, such as “take photos of things that represent your life”.

Cheers

]]> By: Rich http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-6383 Rich Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:57:29 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-6383 I am an American who lived in Praca Seca for 6 months and returning in three weeks, hopefully to live out my retirement. I know where Jacarepagua is and many other parts of Rio. I enjoyed the pictures very much!! Thank you! I am an American who lived in Praca Seca for 6 months and returning in three weeks, hopefully to live out my retirement. I know where Jacarepagua is and many other parts of Rio. I enjoyed the pictures very much!! Thank you!

]]> By: Em http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-6372 Em Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:35:16 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-6372 To Amin dos santo.... The kids din't develop them you div, they guys did and then gave thema set of prints.......get it right before you get aggressive! To Amin dos santo….
The kids din’t develop them you div, they guys did and then gave thema set of prints…….get it right before you get aggressive!

]]> By: Burzum http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-6371 Burzum Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:37:12 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-6371 Amin, why don't you go live in a cave? Your "we don't like gringo turists" attitude is a shame to civilized brazilians (like myself). Who cares if the kids don't get the pictures developed? At least they were happy while they were taking pictures! Learn to spell before you bash other people. Idiota. Amin, why don’t you go live in a cave? Your “we don’t like gringo turists” attitude is a shame to civilized brazilians (like myself).

Who cares if the kids don’t get the pictures developed? At least they were happy while they were taking pictures!

Learn to spell before you bash other people. Idiota.

]]> By: AMIN DOS SANTOS http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-6355 AMIN DOS SANTOS Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:13:42 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-6355 do you know how poor the criancas are in rocinha? how the hell would they get the pictures get developed! CONGRATULATIONS GUYS! you bought street kids a cardboard box with a clicker on it!!!!! 100% garauntee,,,none of those pics will ever be developed unless you took them to the phamacia to pay for them to be developed, And, your writing about RIO is garbage, and lies, from the eyes of a GRINGO! WHO stays in a hstel anyway! thats what you chose to do, big mistake, I am from Rio, and have lived in Jacarepagua(which you probably don't even know where that is) any brazialian knows that Cidade de deus isn't even that well-known of a slum WHAT? did you watch that dumb movie and buy your ticket the same night? i knew Ze Pequenos mothers family, don't believe everything you read SPEND MORE THAN 12 days somewhere before you come up with this kind of BS! WAY TO GO, TURISTA!!! PORRA GRINGO! do you know how poor the criancas are in rocinha?
how the hell would they get the pictures get developed!
CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!
you bought street kids a cardboard box with a clicker on it!!!!!
100% garauntee,,,none of those pics will ever be developed unless you took them to the phamacia to pay for them to be developed,
And, your writing about RIO is garbage, and lies, from the eyes of a GRINGO!
WHO stays in a hstel anyway!
thats what you chose to do, big mistake, I am from Rio, and have lived in Jacarepagua(which you probably don’t even know where that is)
any brazialian knows that Cidade de deus isn’t even that well-known of a slum
WHAT?
did you watch that dumb movie and buy your ticket the same night?
i knew Ze Pequenos mothers family, don’t believe everything you read
SPEND MORE THAN 12 days somewhere before you come up with this kind of BS!
WAY TO GO, TURISTA!!! PORRA GRINGO!

]]> By: budz http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-6221 budz Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:42:04 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-6221 Great idea. Breathtaking pictures. Whew. Great idea. Breathtaking pictures. Whew.

]]> By: Tim http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-5038 Tim Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:15:36 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-5038 Wow.......what an amazing insight into the lives of the people of Rocinha. A fascinating article, thank you. Wow…….what an amazing insight into the lives of the people of Rocinha. A fascinating article, thank you.

]]> By: Jet http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-5030 Jet Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:19:59 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-5030 Nice Pictures Nat. Great Job!! Nice Pictures Nat. Great Job!!

]]> By: Lauren McCann http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-5012 Lauren McCann Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:21:28 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-5012 This was absolutely beautiful! I looked at every single picture and was so captivated by how personal they were. I went to Brasil last year and fell in love with their culture and how different it is. What an incredible place! Great job to you! Seriously, that is absolutely wonderful what you did for those kids. This was absolutely beautiful! I looked at every single picture and was so captivated by how personal they were. I went to Brasil last year and fell in love with their culture and how different it is. What an incredible place! Great job to you! Seriously, that is absolutely wonderful what you did for those kids.

]]> By: Hans-Christoph Steiner http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-4614 Hans-Christoph Steiner Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:58:40 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-4614 I really enjoyed the picture, nice project! Its amazing when you see the people of Rocinha through their own eyes, how the picture totally changes. Instead of all sorts of stories about drug dealers, crime, weapons, etc., you see people living their lives with family and friends. It is a shame that Brazil is so messed up that the best the government can think of doing is sending in elite military troups to shoot the place up. I really enjoyed the picture, nice project! Its amazing when you see the people of Rocinha through their own eyes, how the picture totally changes. Instead of all sorts of stories about drug dealers, crime, weapons, etc., you see people living their lives with family and friends. It is a shame that Brazil is so messed up that the best the government can think of doing is sending in elite military troups to shoot the place up.

]]> By: Janaina http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-4583 Janaina Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:16:01 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-4583 It looks like you have a lot to explore in Brazil. I am Brazilian, but live in the US and also married with an American. My husband is fascinated about Brazil and wants to move to the country. I lived for 23 years in Brazil and NEVER went to Rio because of ''violence issues''. But if you want to know the good part of this city, go to the Islands around, like Angra dos Reis, Parati, Búzios. They are gorgeous and safe! I liked the pics a lot! It looks like you have a lot to explore in Brazil. I am Brazilian, but live in the US and also married with an American. My husband is fascinated about Brazil and wants to move to the country.

I lived for 23 years in Brazil and NEVER went to Rio because of ”violence issues”. But if you want to know the good part of this city, go to the Islands around, like Angra dos Reis, Parati, Búzios. They are gorgeous and safe!

I liked the pics a lot!

]]> By: See also… « Manet on the hill http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/rocinha/comment-page-1/#comment-4542 See also… « Manet on the hill Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:23:28 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/2004/08/894/#comment-4542 [...] And this post from a Rio favela tourist returning with a bagful of disposable cameras are images that seem to compliment my current image of life in these narrow alleys – lots of children everywhere. 0 Comments No Comments so far Leave a comment RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a comment Click here to cancel reply. Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> [...] [...] And this post from a Rio favela tourist returning with a bagful of disposable cameras are images that seem to compliment my current image of life in these narrow alleys – lots of children everywhere. 0 Comments No Comments so far Leave a comment RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a comment Click here to cancel reply. Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> [...]

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