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Images of Rio Antigo are displayed at lifeguard stations along the waterfront to celebrate the city's anniversary
Published on 01/03/2021 - 09:04 | Updated on 22/03/2021 - 10:05
Images of Rio exhibition at waterfront stations - Rio City Hall In celebration of the 456th anniversary of the founding of Rio de Janeiro, celebrated this Monday, the City of Rio, through Riotur, presents to the locals and visitors of the city an open gallery along the entire coastline, with the exhibition of photographs of Old Rio. Along 36 kilometers, each of the 24 lifeguard stations, from Leme beach to the end of Recreio dos Bandeirantes beach, displays two images measuring approximately 2m x 4m, totaling 48. There are five photographs in Copacabana; six in Arpoador, Ipanema and Leblon; one in São Conrado; eight in Barra da Tijuca and four in Recreio dos Bandeirantes.
The curatorship is by the Instituto Moreira Salles, which kindly provided images from its collection and presented the city with photographs from 1870, by Marc Ferrez, Augusto Malta and others, up until the 1930s. The Imagens do Rio project, at no cost to the City Hall, had the support of the concessionaire of these stations, OrlaRio, responsible for assembling the photos and making all the information plaques.
Below, the text that will be on the plaques, under each photo, containing the information and a QR Code that will direct you to the IMS collection.
A River that is reborn, a River that resists
Rio de Janeiro's history is marked by its permanent relationship with the coast, which until the 19th century was defined by the waterline that extended from the interior of Guanabara Bay, passing through Paquetá, Saúde and Gamboa, Ilha das Cobras and Praça XV, Santa Luzia beach, Glória, Catete, Flamengo and Botafogo, reaching Urca and the São João fortress, at the entrance to the bay.
From the early years of the 20th century onwards, the city grew along the oceanfront, with the increasing urbanization and development of the neighborhoods of Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, São Conrado, Barra and Recreio. Little by little, the coastal roads, initially the only access routes to these neighborhoods, were added to by new roads and junctions that directly connected the other neighborhoods that simultaneously grew and shaped Rio, in the North Zone, Baixada Fluminense and West Zone.
The coastline is a heritage of all Rio residents, as are the historical images gathered here, taken between approximately 1875 and 1925, by important names in Brazilian photography, such as Marc Ferrez and Augusto Malta, among others, who recorded the city and its dynamics, transformations and conflicts. Memory and citizenship are essential instruments for building a society truly capable of facing its challenges, inequalities and contradictions in building a future of effective belonging, critical and conscious participation of all who live here, in our city of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
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