Leonardo Coelho

Photojournalist
   
Hills of faith
Location: Rio de Janeiro
Nationality: Brasil
Biography: Journalist and Photographer, I tell stories that are embedded in my mind and heart. My eyes, ears and hands do the rest, while my mouth serves just to show the world what is happening. Based in Rio, I have been working in journalism since 2013.... MORE
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Hills of faith
Copyright Leonardo Coelho 2024
Date of Work Jan 2016 - Ongoing
Updated Oct 2017
Location Rio de Janeiro
Topics Belief, Christianity, Community, Documentary, Photography
Protestantism is rising in Brazil religious demographic. The share of Brazil's overall population that identifies as Catholic - once the biggest in the whole world - has been dropping steadily in recent decades, while the percentage of Brazilians who belong to Protestant churches has been rising. In Rio, this is even more prominent, and, because of that, the city is seeing some changes in how the faithful act towards their faith and the relation between them and the city. The hills of Rio are perhaps best known for their favelas, the labyrinth-like jumbles of informal housing, infamous as places of drug trafficking, intimidation and violence. While these trends continue in some places, a few of this hills have been repurposed as places of adoration of god and gospels by a growing protestant community. This projects documents their proliferation.

El protestantismo está aumentando en la demografía religiosa de Brasil. La proporción de la población total de Brasil que se identifica como católica -la cual fue la más grande del mundo en un momento- ha ido cayendo constantemente en las últimas décadas, mientras que el protestantismo ha ido en aumento. En Río, esto es aún más prominente, y la ciudad está viendo algunos cambios en cómo los fieles actúan hacia su religión, así como la relación entre ellos y la ciudad. Las colinas de Río son quizás más conocidas por sus favelas, laberínticos pasillos de la vivienda informal, injustamente reconocidos como lugares de tráfico de drogas, intimidación y violencia. Mientras estas tendencias continúan en algunos lugares, otras de estas colinas han sido reutilizadas como lugares de adoración de Dios y evangelios por una creciente comunidad protestante. Este proyecto documenta su proliferación e historia.

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