If art makes the invisible visible, photography immortalises it. Vila Autodromo, marks of life. J V Santos The Santos Rocha family “It’s 20 years since I met Evanilde. I don’t remember the day, the hour or the exact moment. I know that I said to a friend of ours: I like that blonde over there,
The Transolimpica went past and they put us out. They said they were going to put the police on us, they would knock our houses down with us inside. My father had a large piece of land, and he gave it to us. My house was a good house, it had a little garden. That’s
The Transolimpica went past and they put us out. They said they were going to put the police on us, they would knock our houses down with us inside. My father had a large piece of land, and he gave it to us. My house was a good house, it had a little garden. That’s
It was ugly, but we had peace there, it was ours. It was just one room, which I shared, with one bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, small living room. I arrived there when I was still little. I lived there with my husband and three children. It was a humble place, it was small, but it was
My name is Ednardo dos Santos, I’m 55, and I do general services. It was a little kitchenette, it just didn’t have a bathroom, and those guys didn’t give any compensation. I lived there with my brother and sister. [How long did you live there for?] For more than 30 years. I arrived there when
I hadn’t taken my things out of the house. Before we could take them out, they already had a team knocking the walls down, the windows, the doors. That’s what it was like, we didn’t have time to get our things. A lot of things were left there, because I couldn’t get them. It happened
What was your house like? It was just one room. One living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. Everything was very tight. And who lived there with you? Me, my husband and my daughter. How long did you live there for? 20 years. How did you find out you were going to be evicted? It
I’m separated. I’ve got my son, my daughter isn’t with me, because she stays closer to her job, which is where her dad is. I’m not going to these containers. I’m going directly to the house – Piqui, that’s what the name of the street is going to be. It’s the street which has the
My name is Daniele Castro, I’m 33 years old, and I’m a manicurist. I lived there for 14 years. I’ve been here for, more or less, four years. They arrived and notified us, didn’t they, put numbers on the houses, registered us and took photos of the houses, of our old houses. After a certain
I was a shopkeeper, I worked in the bakery in Vila Autodromo. There was a bakery there, very close to my house. I used to get up at 5am and join in the daily rush. My house in Vila Autodromo was a house which I loved. Here, there was a balcony, there to one side
