Rio
“We’re living through one hell of a war here. I was born in the favela of Rocinha, and I’ll die here. What the guys around me need most of all is self-esteem. My pals die young. I help the kids to understand that it doesn’t have to be that way.” Tiana
Abstracts
"One month ago, a 'war' between the favela of Rocinha and that of Vigidal resulted in around sixty victims (I wonder who established this tally?). Rio was partially paralyzed. The rise of psychosis made the front pages of papers for a time, and even occupied several columns in international dailies. The government announced measures almost amounting to a state of emergency, as well as police reinforcements for the army…
When we left the ultra-chic seaside and beaches of Ipadema and Lebon, the standing suddenly took a plunge. A shabby area with housing-estate-style buildings and the atmosphere of a Communist suburb in Kabul offered a brief transition before we reached the threshold of the Rocinha favela. Our Brazilian capoeira champion was waiting for us with her 'pals', but this didn’t help us to feel any more at ease."
Extract from Zoé Zoé, Femmes du mondes, 2007, Éditions Gallimard
Works
![BRASIL 3005](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_tiane.jpg?itok=h-nBFaQ_)
Rio, Brazil Paulo
Gouache on paper
40 x 30 cm
![BRASIL 3002](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_tiane2.jpg?itok=11mI0RKM)
Rio, Brazil
Felt pen enhanced contact sheet
47 x 32 cm
![BRASIL 2048](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_cendrillon_des_poubelles.jpg?itok=cVVaYK2j)
Rio, Brazil
Silver print
66 x 100 cm
![BRASIL 3007](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_tiane_garota_de_sao_paulo.jpg?itok=wcwmr4cj)
Rio, Brazil
Silver print
24 x 36 cm
![BRASIL 2056](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_dercy.jpg?itok=t5-7L8m4)
Rio, Brazil
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm
![BRASIL 2058](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_dercy_2.jpg?itok=-XhkP1Nt)
Rio, Brazil
Silver print
80 x 64 cm
![BRASIL 2060](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_dercy_3.jpg?itok=nx0jCEDS)
Rio, Brazil
Silver print
50 x 70 cm
![BRASIL 2064](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_tiana.jpg?itok=PPLWHOwY)
Rio, Brazil
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm
![BRASIL 2065](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_favela_da_rocinha.jpg?itok=5IGV8OkD)
Rio, Brazil
Pencil on paper
32 x 41 cm
![BRASIL 3009](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_da_rocinha.jpg?itok=Nv05rme1)
Rio, Brazil
Silver print
40 x 50 cm
![BRASIL 3011](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_da_rocinha2.jpg?itok=rEohl4Lq)
Rio, Brazil
Silver print
40 x 50 cm
![BRASIL 2073](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_tiana_da_rocinha.jpg?itok=xbSYDfZv)
Rio, Brazil
C-Print
49 x 150 cm
![BRASIL 3013](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_capoeira.jpg?itok=R9O9RRgW)
Rio, Brazil
Silver print
24 x 36 cm
![BRASIL 3018](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_lagoa.jpg?itok=nGsC-wKH)
Rio, Brazil
Gouache on paper
42 x 66 cm
![BRASIL 2079](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_estudiantina_musical.jpg?itok=YdOUBWny)
Rio, Brazil
Gouache on paper
40 x 40 cm
Maps
![BRASIL 2045](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/cartes/tit_2017_cartes_bresil_rio.jpg?itok=mGjwaTLL)
Gouache on paper
80 x 120 cm
Making-of
Images by Eduardo Aguier