Tag - Brazil
Whistleblower
Tuesday 22 May 2012 - Behind the image
(AFP Photo/Juan Mabromata)
Whistleblower
Buenos Aires, May 17, 2012. The city’s Boca Juniors football team is playing against Rio de Janeiro’s Fluminense club in the quarter finals of the Copa Libertadores. AFP photographer Juan Mabromata is at the edge of the pitch, camera in hand. Fifteen minutes into the match, Brazilian defender Carlinhos tackles Pablo Mouche in the penalty area. Colombian referee José Buitrago blows this whistle. Carlinhos heads his way…
Garbage as ecosystem: Rio's Jardim Gramacho
Tuesday 22 May 2012 - Behind the image
(AFP Photo/Christophe Simon)
Garbage as ecosystem: Rio's Jardim Gramacho
Jardim Gramacho in the northern suburb of Rio de Janeiro is the largest landfill in the Americas and a source of pollution for a neighboring body of fresh water. It will soon be closed. But as AFP photographer Christophe Simon found out, the site is also home to hundreds "catadores", or "collectors of garbage", that depend on it for their livelihood.