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Humberto, Neide, Michel, Rosa, Fernanda, Elói.
Maybe you’ve heard about Favela do Moinho, or Mill Slum, in Săo Paulo.
But, beyond an occupied area and the interests involved,
what’s the face of Moinho?
In the last weeks we’ve been visiting Favela do Moinho,
in Săo Paulo downtown, and have been taking photos of people who live there
and recording their stories in video.
Who are these people?
What’s important for them?
What are their stories?
Their stories witness their challenging lives,
but at the same time reveal what they have in common with me and with you —
our shared humanity.
Seeing them as similar to us,
and at the same time as so different,
makes more real the challenges they face
and their fight for justice.
Using photography to make visible the stories we all have
is one of the goals of the Inside Out Project,
a global art project which transforms personal stories in works of art,
and as art challenges us to re-think how we relate with others
and with ourselves.
The Inside Out Project is happening all over the world,
including other Brazilian cities.
It is a collaborative project created by street artist JR,
after receiving the TED Prize in 2011.
We started working at Favela do Moinho in April,
with the photo and video sessions.
Between August and September, we’ll paste the photos in areas inside the slum
and also in its neighborhood, in Săo Paulo downtown,
giving a new meaning to these places
and helping the community to see itself with a different eye.
The videos with their testimonies will be available on the Internet,
as documents of their stories.
Photographers and all the team working on the project are volunteers,
and the Inside Out Project forbids any form of sponsorship.
For being able to paste the photos, we need your help.
Those in Săo Paulo can organize teams of volunteers,
and all of you can support the project and allow us to pay for the printing
and shipping of the photos,
and for materials like glue, brushes, and taxes.
You can support us with different amounts —
and help us making visible these people and their stories.