MOST Magazine Fashion MAY-JUNE'15 ISSUE NO.9 | Page 195
razil is a country full of life and pride.
It’s easy to become distracted by
the portrayal of everything in film and
television, but the truly beautiful aspect of Brazil
lies in its harmonious relationship among the
people, music, and nature. This relationship allows
Brazil to thrive and it’s something I witnessed
firsthand during the time I spent in the country.
In the two years I was there, I found one thing
to be true about Brazil, you can find a smile almost
everywhere. These smiling faces were the first
thing that made me forget all about Paris and the
way we’re always in a rush and trying to survive
something as simple as the Metro.
Every Sunday, the streets of Avenida Atlantica
in Copacabana and the Avenida Vieria Soutou
in Impanema are for pedestrians and open to
everyone. As many people know, the South part of
Rio de Janeiro (Rio Sul) is a concentration of rich
neighborhoods surrounded by favelas.
One especially lively Sunday I was walking on
these avenues when I saw two kids in the middle
of the crowd. They went unnoticed, amongst all the
people with fancy bicycles, fancy beach outfits —
there they were playing with a single skateboard.
The older brother with the younger brother amid
all the crowds; there was a simple, quiet moment
I wanted to capture. I witnessed the older brother
doing his best to make the younger one, maybe
his little brother, smile. I stopped and spent a few
minutes just watching the beauty that lay before my
eyes.
I spent these few minutes surrounded by
tourists taking pictures of the beach and the
people on it — they just weren’t noticing the real
beauty of this city.
Indeed, on Sundays, just one day a week,
there is no corruption, no discrimi