Jared P. Moossy is a documentary photographer based in Austin, Texas.
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WULF126
8:03 PM ET
September 14, 2011
Interesting pictures. I
Interesting pictures. I wonder if FP has ever thought of sending photographers to Anacostia, L.A., Flint, or Albuquerque? Much the same content, I'd imagine.
MONTECRISTO CIGARS
3:39 AM ET
September 15, 2011
Not really sure
Why would they send the photographers to those cities? There are many other options which are more appealing than those. We all need to just chill, smoke a Montecristo Cigar and relax already!
WULF126
9:26 PM ET
September 15, 2011
Re: Not really sure
I was just making that point that parts of those cities are very impoverished; Anacostia has often been compared to a third world country in our own capital, for example. Drugs, as in Brazil, fuel much of the violence in the US. The raid of any given meth lab or crack house in the United States would look just like these photos.
Minus the fellow with the rifle and scope. The good thing about gangsters in the United States is they don't quite know how to shoot. Despite it being perfectly legal for them to own that thing, as long as they're not convicted felons.
SQUIDPANTS
9:33 PM ET
September 15, 2011
Riiiiiight
Right Jay, it's a grand western conspiracy. Brazil is #10 in murder rate worldwide. I don't disagree that the country is growing rapidly, but I do disagree that Rio is a great choice for the Olympics.
STEEL
9:22 AM ET
September 28, 2011
Interesting pictures
Very interesting pictures but scare :(
steel
CARLAMASSAGEM
8:07 PM ET
September 14, 2011
Drugs, Violence and Health in Brazil
is like that! here is very dangerous, the worse it gets for people with less purchasing power, the result of a corrupt country! where their leaders steal more than they do for the people and still want to host the World Cup here, and the poor people do not even have the basics in health, housing and security, Crack See there what you are doing with our country, and nobody does nothing!
Massagista
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JESUSCASTILLO
1:59 AM ET
September 15, 2011
For normal Brasil
Of course Brazil is a developing nation, where three races are amalgamting, but were people still live on different stages of development- even in the Stone Age in isolated corners of the Amazon.
Culturismo sin Tonterias
PAULNEWMAN
9:47 PM ET
September 28, 2011
Agreed
However, it is important to know that per capita Brazil is a nation that is standing very well with both feet on the ground when it comes to its economy. So I'm hoping you didn't mean as if they are "catching up" because they seem pretty ahead, in all aspects. marketing services
RMDUENAS
9:34 AM ET
September 15, 2011
Very unfortunate choice of title
Reductionist, is what your photo stories appear to be.
Sure, there are problems in Rio, as in any other big city, but there is much more than what the pictures depict.
The same happened with the story of "medical care" in Russia, which attempted a portrait of the situation with photos that in some cases were ten years old or more!
I thought FP was better than this.
HURRICANEWARNING
1:44 PM ET
September 15, 2011
look, Brazil is a great
look, Brazil is a great country which has a bright future as a major power in the world. That said, while many on here talk about how this type of stuff happens in America...they are just plain wrong. While we have crime, and major gun violence, it is nowhere NEAR the intensity level of what happens in the favellas. I mean, some gun battles in the Fvs are equally intense as those had in Iraq an A-stan. It essentially armies facing off on the streets. BOPE cops will go in and kill dozens of traffickers in a single operation. That, and the police are insanely corrupt still. So while brazil is great; as far as its gang violence is concerned, it has a ways to go before it's on the same level as even an America. This is coming from someone who grew up in Chicago where the gang violence is about as bad as anything you might see in the US. It's nothing compared to Rio.
ALEXWORK
3:34 AM ET
September 16, 2011
Nice
Copacobana, now not just a terrible song.
Alex @ Lane 6 Fitness
CASSANDRINA
5:31 AM ET
September 16, 2011
The Subject Name
I find the title of this series of favela photoes truly cynical in trying to attract people who expected to see more redeeming and unique Cocacabana beach and entertainment scenes.
As one person has stated this could be photos from many city ghetto areas in developed and developing countries; and to be truthful they do not offer insight as to the atmosphere that exists in such areas.
Better to watch The Wire.
LINAL
7:22 AM ET
September 16, 2011
America, including Brazil a
America, including Brazil a financial crisis caused by bad advice from U.S. "economists" caused a steep devaluation of the currency, and lead to a social depression which pushed many against the wall and into criminality for ssurvival. You may not believe this - before 1982 Brasil and Mexico were very safe for tourists - as well as normal Brazilians and Mexicans frequenting normal environments
LINAL
7:24 AM ET
September 16, 2011
There is absolutely no need
There is absolutely no need to have this much poverty, pain and hunger in the world. I definitely understand the competitive nature human beings have, and trust me, I always want to excel in what I do, but I think is completely unbalanced when this competitivity takes over the well being of others.
SJQP2100
7:26 PM ET
September 16, 2011
No viable solutions for world hunger
There is so much we as individuals and as a society as a whole could do to help alleviate this deplorable situation. I remember when I was 12 years old I crossed the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time, from San Diego to Tijuana. I had never seen young children begging in the streets like I did in Tijuana, and it traumatized me for a long time. Even if we got our kids to stop playing so many video games, there is a general lack of urgency to tackling the problem head-on.
JERRYDH10
9:26 PM ET
September 16, 2011
The title says it all
What a terrific essay on the crime scene in brazil but rather an evocative and profound slice of life.
James @ Houses For Sale
CHARLES.M
11:44 PM ET
September 16, 2011
Cocacabana policia civil!!!
This is very true.....Brazil may be rising, but in Rio's favelas, drugs, crime, and killing are a way of life. Charles @mysore dasara
STACEY
3:39 AM ET
September 22, 2011
Those pictures speak a 1000
Those pictures speak a 1000 words. Incredible!
I will certainly digg it and personally suggest to my friends. I'm sure they will benefit from this web site.
Thank you for posting this!!
ALEXTOYO
11:20 PM ET
September 25, 2011
my two cents
Now it makes me wonder if the photographer is actually a member of the gang.
That being said, its the drugs that make them bad. We see this everyday in America and it certainly is all over social media
YARINSIZ
2:50 PM ET
October 6, 2011
I find the title of this
I find the title of this series of favela photoes truly cynical in trying to attract people who expected to see more redeeming seslichat and unique Cocacabana beach and entertainment scenes.
ANTIE
4:43 AM ET
October 10, 2011
Favelas fiddle with Crime
Drugs and crime have become an inherent part of Brazil’s culture in the recent decades making it unsafe for everybody; the rampant drug trade has made this place so notorious that strangers might feel intimidated even to enter this place. Wads of cash earned through drug-trafficking and regular shootings of the people who are plying this trade are making their favelas extremely dangerous by turning them into an ever-growing hotbed of crime. Authorities should act like a giant fly zapper and control the proliferation of crimes by preventing the country’s youth from entering this trade.