Marrocos
Marrocos is a visual diary of the experience of the social, migratory, economic and urban crises that impact São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, with a housing deficit of 230 thousand homes that affects 2 million people. This essay documents life in a place rejected by society and occupied by those who have been neglected by the authorities: people who have found that illegally occupying properties is the only way to exercise their basic right to housing.
Located between the splendor of the Sala São Paulo opera house and the modern architecture of the Praça das Artes art museum, Marrocos is a decaying giant which was designed, in the 1950s, to be São Paulo’s most modern skyscraper. On its first floor lies what remains of Cine Marrocos, once the most luxurious cinema in Latin America.
In 2017, when working in collaboration with Gringo collective, the project was published and awarded as one of the best Latin American photobooks of the year. Despite all the copies are sold out, you can find more information about it here.