Jaqueline dances with a police officer during a debutante ball organized by the Pacifying Police Unit from the Santa Marta “favela” slum where she lives, inside a ballroom in Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Fifteen-year-olds from Santa Marta made their coming out Friday night, escorted by police officers who patrolContinue reading “Favela Debutante Ball: Photographer Silvia Izquierdo”
Jaqueline dances with a police officer during a debutante ball organized by the Pacifying Police Unit from the Santa Marta “favela” slum where she lives, inside a ballroom in Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Fifteen-year-olds from Santa Marta made their coming out Friday night, escorted by police officers who patrol their communities. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) License this photo
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