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The Tide is not a single slum, but a compound of slums; several communities strung together, as if they were different quarters, creating an informal city of 150.000 thousand inhabitants.
The beginning of the occupation of the Compound of the Tide began is the1940's - the period of largest proliferation of slums in Rio de Janeiro. It occupies an area that lies within the margins of Gulf of Guanabara. This quarter of slums is considered as most lacking in civic services and most dangerous area of the city.
Today's conflict in the Compound of the Tide it is not among the communities, but the different factions of the drug trafficers and of the organized crime, dividing the slums with their territorial disputes. Rival factions fight battles daily between themselves and the police directly affecting the residents? daily life.
Photography series by Brasilian photographer Agnieszka Balut.]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:05:55 GMT Life in the slums-Compound of the Tide (Agnieszka Balut) http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=305 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:59:41 GMT Life in the slums | Compound of the Tide Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=305 Life in the slums-Compound of the Tide (Agnieszka Balut) http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=306 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:59:41 GMT Life in the slums | Compound of the Tide Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=306 Life in the slums-Compound of the Tide (Agnieszka Balut) http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=301 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:59:40 GMT Life in the slums | Compound of the Tide Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=301 Life in the slums-Compound of the Tide (Agnieszka Balut) http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=302 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:59:40 GMT Life in the slums | Compound of the Tide Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=302 Life in the slums-Compound of the Tide (Agnieszka Balut) http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=303 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:59:40 GMT Life in the slums | Compound of the Tide Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=303 Life in the slums-Compound of the Tide (Agnieszka Balut) http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=304 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:59:40 GMT Life in the slums | Compound of the Tide Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=304 Life in the slums-Compound of the Tide (Agnieszka Balut) http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=297 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:12:48 GMT Life in the slums | Compound of the Tide Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=297 Life in the slums-Compound of the Tide (Agnieszka Balut) http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=298 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:12:48 GMT Life in the slums | Compound of the Tide Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=298 Life in the slums-Compound of the Tide (Agnieszka Balut) http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=299 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:12:48 GMT Life in the slums | Compound of the Tide Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=299 Life in the slums-Compound of the Tide (Agnieszka Balut) http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=300 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:12:48 GMT Life in the slums | Compound of the Tide Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://bladepicturecompany.com/details.php?image_id=300