Surfing in Rio’s Slums

Photos by Felipe Dana Eric Marques walks down a steep labyrinth of dark alleyways on this hillside slum long controlled by drug gangs and off-limits to outsiders.

In Rio’s Slums, Gangs, Drugs, Murders Carry the Day

Surfing Takes Brazilian Kids Out of Rio Slum

Photos by Felipe Dana It’s dawn and barefoot boys are hustling down the inclined alleys of Rio de Janeiro slums, surfboards under their arms.