Tourist at Sugarloaf Overlook, Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, 1960s — Archive & Atlas
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tourist at Sugarloaf Overlook, Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, 1960s — Archive & Atlas

Unattributed 1960–1969

AA-2026-F16043

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He picked the one railing in Rio that guarantees the whole city agrees to be his backdrop. Copacabana curls out behind him in its full crescent, the beach doing what it has always done, which is convince visitors that geography itself was arranged for their benefit.

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