Thanks for the photos! I think both photos are great. Rio is a wonderful town, but truly shows the contrasting views of rich and poor. You have the glitz and glamour of Ipanema/Copacabana and then right behind the city are the impoverished people of the favelas. The way your photos capture the houses stacked up on top of one another is a true life experience for these people.
thank you for your considerations. I look to the photo and try to imagine what those people were thinking, doing ... on that right moment the photo was captured