Monday March 3, 2003, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio's 2003 Carnival

Porto da PedraSamba School. Theme: "The street lords - A brazilian way of being."

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Thursday February 6, 2003, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cidade de Deus, City of God

Models from "Dream Lens" project on the way to Rocinha favela, where they are going to be interviewed by the local television.

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Wednesday February 5, 2003, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela.

One of the poorest places in the favela, Jardim do Amanhã 2 (Tomorrow's Garden 2) is located in a swamp. Sewerage is trowed in open drains.

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Tuesday February 4, 2003, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela.

Drug dealer runs after opening fire against the police.

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Tuesday February 4, 2003, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela.

kids play football during hot summer.

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Thursday January 23, 2003, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

World Social Forum

World Social Forum opening march

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Thursday January 23, 2003, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

World Social Forum

American manifestants ( Maine delegation) carry a huge flag against World Economic Forum at the World Social Forum opening march.

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Wednesday January 1, 2003, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

President Lula's inauguration.

President Lula and the First Lady Marisa Letícia on the presidential Rolls Royce.

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Sunday October 13, 2002, Belém do Pará, Pará, Brazil

Círio de Nazaré, catholic procession.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fabio Assunção, actor.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Caio Blat, actor.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luigi Baricelli, actor.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Regiane Alves, actriss.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fernanda Montenegro, actriss.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Jorginho Guinle, former palyboy.

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Bogota, Colombia

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

MV Bill and Fernanda Abreu, singers, at Cidade de Deus favela.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pedro Caetano, model.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lucciano Benetton, Benetton brand.

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São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Henrique Meirelles, former Bank Boston CEO, actual President of Brazil's Central Bank.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brian Weihs, WMC mining.

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São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marco Resende, aluminum industry.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Goldsmith worker at H. Stern factory.

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NIterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fidel Castro visits the MAC museum.

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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Chucho Valdez, cuban piano palyer.

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São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo dog catchers service.

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São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Colective weding in Carandiru State Prision.

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Calé

Calé born in São Paulo in 1972. Studied architecture at FAU-USP from 1992 to 1996. Joined Istoé Dinheiro magazine in São Paulo from its debut in 1997. In 1999 he set up their office in Rio de Janeiro . The year after, Calé worked as photo editor of Quem Acontece magazine's branch in Rio. He was one of the finalists of the 2002 Porto Seguro Photography Award in the category of Contemporary Research. His pictures are published in all the most important publications of Brazil. Calé joined Polaris in January 2003.

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