"Brazil is Synonymous with Inequality": Aerial Images Reveal Wealth Gap in Brazilian Cities

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Most people are familiar with the concept of social and economic inequality, but although it affects a large part of the world's population, it is still somewhat abstract for many people. Photographer Johnny Miller intends to make it visible through his project Unequal Scenes, capturing images of spatial inequality from a very revealing perspective: aerial imagery.

The project started in South Africa, a country that is socially and spatially marked by apartheid, and now has been taken to Brazil to document scenarios in which extreme poverty and wealth coexist within a few meters, showing how distance is not only a measurement of physical length but can also imply more complex aspects, deeply rooted in our society.

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Cite: Baratto, Romullo. ""Brazil is Synonymous with Inequality": Aerial Images Reveal Wealth Gap in Brazilian Cities" ["O Brasil é sinônimo de desigualdade": imagens aéreas mostram o abismo socioeconômico em cidades brasileiras] 28 Dec 2020. ArchDaily. (Trans. Duduch, Tarsila) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/953984/brazil-is-synonymous-with-inequality-aerial-images-reveal-wealth-gap-in-brazilian-cities> ISSN 0719-8884

Guaruja, São Paulo. Image © Johnny Miller / Unequal Scenes

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