July 6, 2016 at 10:10 am
What Rio Doesn’t Want the World to See
The 2016 Olympics are coming and Rio has a few things to hide
The 2016 Olympics are coming and Rio has a few things to hide
He wants to raise organ donor awareness because saving a life is worth more than any car
Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov are back with a daring climb of Rio de Janeiro’s most famous landmark.
Photograph by Vitaliy Raskalov / On The Roofs In this stunning night-time capture by Vitaliy Raskalov, we see the bustling metropolis of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio is the second largest city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the sixth largest city in the Americas. The city recently hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup…
After football, soltar pipas is Brazil’s most popular sport. In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, flying kites is more than a leisurely escape from on-the-ground realities—it’s a venue for battle, with the entire sky as the arena. Kite designs and airborne “cutting” strategies have been passed through generations, from rooftop to rooftop. Filmmakers…
Spoiler: It’s terrifying
“10328×7760 – A 10K Timelapse Demo” is a video put together by Joe Capra showcasing the extreme resolution of the PhaseOne IQ180 camera. The footage comes from some shots Joe did while shooting 4K and 8K timelapses in Rio De Janeiro. Each shot is comprised of hundreds individual still images, each weighing in at…
Photograph by /mrpunto on Flickr Iguazu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentina province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. For most of its course, the river flows through Brazil, however, most of the falls…
During Brazil’s opening game against Croatia, Claus Wahlers recorded what his neighbourhood sounded like after each Brazil goal (they won the match 3-1). The video was recorded in Moema, São Paulo, and those loud bangs you hear are fireworks. The author says there were no big outdoor screenings nearby, just a small BBQ in…
SELFIE FROM THE TOP OF RIO DE JANEIRO Photograph by Lee Thompson / The Flash Pack Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram During a visit to the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro; Lee Thompson, founder of the Flash Pack travel company, was granted permission by the Brazilian…
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