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PREDIO is a documentary project that shows the intimate relationships of 200 families living inside an abandoned building in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
From 2013 to 2018, Javier Álvarez visited this community for periods over two to three months every year, motivated by the social impact these illegal settlements have on modern society and how we look at our cities.
The whole body of work consists of photographs, collages, interviews, and archival material.
Javier Álvarez (Santiago de Chile, 1988) is a Chilean photographer focused on social issues. After pursuing a BFA in Photography in Santiago de Chile, Javier worked as a freelance editorial and press photographer for agencies between Brazil and Chile. Currently, he is based in Brooklyn, NY, and works as an independent photographer for editorial and commercial clients.
Proceeds from book sales will be donated to Frente de Luta por Moradia (FLM).
The FLM – Front in the Struggle for Housing, is a movement, created in 2003, analogous to the Movement of Homeless Rural Workers (MST), but which acts in urban areas. Today there are approximately 80 thousand members. The movement basically maps abandoned properties in the downtown São Paulo area and systematically occupies them. Besides FLM there are some other autonomous partnering groups who work in the same way such as MTST – Homeless Workers Movement and MSTC – The Homeless of the Center Movement.
