One of Rafael's first shootings took place in the park next to the community where he and his subjects live, in Belo Horizonte, southeastern Brazil | Photo: Rafael Freire/Used with permission
A Brazilian photographer registers the beauty of favela residents
Self-taught photographer Rafael Freire's work portrays the residents of Belo Horizonte
Written byGiovana Fleck
Translated byEdgar Velozo
Fotógrafo brasileiro documenta a beleza dos corpos de quem vive na favela (Pessoa)
Photographer Rafael Freire, 28, dedicates his time to portraying the life and beauty of those who live around him in a community known as Aglomerado da Serra, in Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil, with racism, Blackness, ancestry, and social invisibility in the background of the images he captures.
