Sharkification (SPECIAL EDT WITH A PRINT)

Cristina de Middel
Sharkification (SPECIAL EDT WITH A PRINT)

Photographs: Cristina de Middel

Publisher: Editora Madalena

140 pages

Year: 2016

Comments: Hardcover, 230 x 160 mm. First edition, 2016. In very good condition. Signed and numbered of 100 by Cristina de Middel on the print.

Sharkification is about the “favelas” and the Brazilian government’s strategy to attempt to control them during the soccer World Cup by involving armed units. It created a militarisation of the communities, where suddenly everybody becomes a suspect. The shark metaphor aims to explain the dynamics into place. “I used the comparison with a submarine world to imagine that the favelas are a coral reef where there are predators…” When most of the photojournalists keep trying to play with feelings, Cristina de Middel uses humour, which seems to be a more intelligent way to look at things and that helps people becoming more curious.