ABOUT

IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE THE WORD CAFUNÉ IS A GESTURE OF AFFECTION TOWARDS A LOVED ONE.

THIS PROJECT IS A GESTURE OF AFFECTION TOWARDS RIO DE JANEIRO IN ALL ITS EXTREMES. FOCUSING TANGENTIALLY ON THE "PACIFICATION" OF THE FAVELAS OF RIO, THE PROJECT IS A DOCUMENT OF THE MARVELOUS CITY DURING THE WORLD CUP, THE OLYMPIC GAMES, THE POPE´S VISIT AND THE MASSIVE PROTESTS IN 2013.

WHILE THE WORK DOCUMENTS A FUNDAMENTAL PERIOD IN BRAZILIAN HISTORY, THE PROJECT IS BOTH PERSONAL AND INTIMATE.

A PHOTOGRAPHER´S DIARY OF THE JOY AND SORROW OF A CITY AS INTENSE AND UNEQUAL AS RIO DE JANEIRO.

A PERSONAL RECONCILIATION AND A BITTERSWEET FAREWELL TO A PLACE AND A TIME OF EXTREMES.

CREDITS

Created by Rafael Fabrés

Translation - Seoirse O’ Mahony, Sarah Rink, Bruna Ruaro, Marcos Van Oppen & Rosana Ardanaz

Voice-over - Vivian Camargo

Art director / Graphic designer (Book) - Ramon Pez

Production Assistant / Art director - Carmen Cuesta & Carlos Barradas

Post Production / Color Grading - LaTroupe, ClorofilaDigital & AuthSpirit

Editing - Bernardo Moedas &KanseiSounds

Interactive designer / Developer - Neon Sky

Produced by Caminito Films & USAL

THE AUTHOR

Rafael Fabrés (Madrid,1982), is an independent photographer and filmmaker specializing in documentary storytelling.

Between 2008 and 2018, he was based in Latin and Central America working as a photojournalist, focused on long-term projects for leading international publications, non-profit and corporate clients.

His photographs have appeared in publications such as TIME, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, El Pais Semanal, Paris Match, Le Monde, L´Express, De Volkskrant and Gatopardo.

His work has been exhibited in the United States, France, Italy, Mexico, Brazil and Spain. CV.

His interests now lie in multidisciplinary and collaborative projects both documentary and corporate through CAMINITO FILMS, the storytelling driven Production Company he founded in 2018.

In 2020, Rafael published his first monograph of photography, CAFUNÉ.

PROJECT RECOGNITION

Over the years, material from this body of work has been published in outlets such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, El Pais Semanal, Gatopardo, Der Volkskrant, Helsingin Sanomat, Le Monde, L´Expansion and Paris Match, and been awarded with POYi Award of Excellence, Photocrati Fund Honorable Mention, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Grant Finalist, International Photography Awards, Emphasis Crowdfunding Campaign winner and Prix ANI (Association Nationale des Iconographes) Finalist.

BOOK AWARDS

2022- Tiradentes/Rotterdam Photography Festival

2021- Lucie Photobook Prize - Independent Category Finalist

2020- Prix de la Photographie Paris Book/Documentary Professional Silver Award Winner

2020- (group) Visa pour l'image Festival (screening) - Perpignan, France

BOOK VIEWING

PRESS & INTERVIEWS

- VICE MAGAZINE

- TIME LIGHTBOX

- VISA POUR L´IMAGE

- PICTURES OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL

- PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS