Rocinha

• Prize
• Photographer
  Daisuke Ito was born in 1976 in Japan. He had learned photojournalism for two years in 2000-2002 at IDEP in Barcelona, Spain. He had wandered around Central and South America for seven years., Japan
• Socials
• Website
  http://www.saudade-foto.com

Favela is the slum in Brazil where people have settled illegally. There are 1150 favelas in Rio de Janeiro, and one in four of the population is living in the favelas.
"ROCINHA", the largest slum in Latin America, has the population of 150,000 people. It has been pacified by Military Police in 2011, and it seems that the life became stable at first glance, however, the residents continue to survive.

• Biography
  Daisuke Ito was born in 1976 in Japan. He had learned photography for two years at IDEP in Bacelona, Spain. He had wandered around Central and South America for two years. He started his career as a photographer in 2005 in slum named Chapéu Mangueira in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He works in editorial and advertising of Brazil and Japan after his return to Japan in 2016.
• Awards
  2009 "Mainichi Newspaper Award" in the 10th Ueno Hikoma Award, Japan 2010 Shortlisted for Sony World Photography Awards in Professional Sport category Honorable Mention, Lens Culture International Exposure Awards Honorable Mention, The 2010 International Photography Awards 2011 Lucie Foundation Scholarship Burn Magazine Emerging Photographer Grant 2011 FINALISTA 2st Place, Prix de la Photographie Paris Honorable Mention, The 2011 International Photography Awards Overseas Training Grant for Emerging Artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japanese Government 2012 The PGB Photo Award 2012, Picture Story of Year Sports 2ND Place Honorable Mention, Prix de la Photographie Paris Honorable Mention, Premio Brasil Fotografia 2012 2013 1st Place, Prix de la Photographie Paris Honorable Mention, The 2013 International Photography Awards 2017 2st Place, Prix de la Photographie Paris Professional Advertising, Catalogues