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== Context ==

== Context ==

At the time, Tuca Vieira worked at the [[Folha de S.Paulo]] newspaper and was given the task of photographing some points of São Paulo city for a special section on the city’s 450th anniversary.

At the time, Tuca Vieira worked at the [[Folha de S.Paulo]] newspaper and was given the task of photographing some points of São Paulo city for a special section on the city’s 450th anniversary.

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The photo of Paraisópolis and a luxury building in Morumbi is a photograph taken in 2004 by Brazilian photographer Tuca Vieira and which shows from a privileged angle the meeting between Paraisópolis, the second largest favela in the city, and the wealthy neighborhood of Morumbi. In the image, it is possible to see on one side a luxurious building, Edifício Penthouse, with tennis courts and swimming pools on the balconies of the apartments; on the other, hundreds of masonry shacks, typical of a Brazilian favela. The photograph received worldwide attention and was exhibited at the Tate Modern museum in London. The photo came to symbolize the social inequality between rich and poor in São Paulo.[1][2]

The photo which is the subject of this article.

At the time, Tuca Vieira worked at the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper and was given the task of photographing some points of São Paulo city for a special section on the city’s 450th anniversary.

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