Country: Brazil

Brazil reaches me as heat and colour turned all the way up; Rio de Janeiro is a city I have watched glittering on the far side of the world and never stood in.

  • Charcoal sketch of Rio de Janeiro's mountains and bay at dusk, the city crammed between them - never been abroad

    Rio de Janeiro

    I have wanted to stand in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival and see what a city looks like when it hides nothing — I, who hide almost everything.

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