There’s a lot of coffee in Brazil, or so the song goes. There are also a lot of poor people. According to some estimates, Brazil has the largest number of people living in poverty in Latin America.
Artists don’t let the lack of traditional materials stop them from creating. And sometimes, the need to feed one’s family provides more motivation to make art than than waiting for one’s Muse. These forces converge on the beaches of Rio De Janiero where artists have found a way to make art and money from the sand and the ocean.
As you stroll along the beaches, you pass by realistic, intricate, larger-than-life sand sculptures. Looking is free, but if you want to take a picture, you stuff a few Reals in a can chained to a post in front of the sculpture. The artist spends the day with the sculpture, to maintain the fragile sand and water creation and to keep an eye on the can of money.
In the pictures above, you can see the artist stretched out on a blanket behind the sculpture. He raised his hand in thanks when we stuffed some money into his can. We, in turn, thanked him making our walk on such a beautiful beach even more special.
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