Manet on the hill

Articles and news and studies and favela tour anecdotes abound all over the Internet about Rocinha specifically and descrptions of favelas in Brazil all generalized and lumped together as if they were exact replicas of each other.  I keep wading through it all and every once in a while I find very fresh points of views about them and I’ll post them here as I come upon them.

Right now these few come to mind – Matthew, a photographer friend who works at the same NGO as me has generated a rich photo diary - Curiosities of Change – over the past few months.  Another good friend Terry is keeping up Effervescent Jungle that transforms the same experiences with a different kind of texture.

My Favela Life is another collection of journals and descriptions in English by a Rocinha resident, a little rough around the edges, but an introduction to life on the hill that I truly appreciate.

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.