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At Your Service / 2006-15

While traveling in Brazil, I noticed members of the middle class rarely opened themselves the door of their respective buildings. While the profession of doorman is getting scarce in Europe, it is extremely common in Brazil. It amounts to waiting for someone to demonstrate his will to enter or exit in order to open the door. This example reflects a much wider reality, which is that of service jobs which have all but disappeared in Europe while still being an integral part of the daily Brazilian city life.

Doormen, liftmen or valets are all strangely connected by the waiting which is an integral part of their activity: having to achieve always this same gesture, repetitive and dispensable. An imaginary need made possible by considerable wage differences, or in other words a cheap workforce facing a middle class who can afford these services.

It is this paid waiting, fraught with meaning, that I wish to explore in this project through a series of contextual portraits. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006-2015.

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Sandra
Propagande
Luciano da Silva, Service du stationnement
Antônio Carlos et Marcelo, Agents de stationnement / Rua Teresa Guimarães
Lauro Cssae, Trocador -  Vendeur de billet /  Bus 422
Lauro Cssae, Trocador -  Vendeur de billet /  Bus 422
Marcos Valéria, Surveillant / Rua Humaitá 261
Cláudio Luís, Portier / Praia de Botafogo 360
Luis Gonzaga
Antonio Mendonca de Souza
Antonio Mendonca de Souza
Adenilson de Andreade, Ascensoriste / Rua Santa Luzia 50
Luiz Carnes, Ascensoriste / Av. Quitanda 30
Luiz Pedro, Ascensoriste / Av. Presidente Vargas 590
Julia
José Luise O Faria & Charlies da Silva Machado, Ascensoristes / Rua Santa Luzia 799
Lezié da Silva Santos, Ascensoriste / Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Lucas Melo
Zilmar de Melo
Propaganda
Josue Vira de Andreade
Lucia Lueianar Alla, Ascensoriste / Centro Cultural Corrêios
Flavio Jordão, Ascensoriste / Botafogo Praia Shopping Center
Lucilia Martēas, Ascensoriste / Botafogo Praia Shopping Center
Leonardo Silva Dias, Vendeur de billet / Bus 434
Julia
Josiana
Fernando de Santos, Aide au stationnement / Lapa
Antonio Edinaldo Lima da Silva
Sidney Gonçalves
Antonio Edinaldo Lima da Silva
Jessé Oliveira, Pompiste / Station Leme BR.
Jessé Oliveira, Pompiste / Station Leme BR.
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