Altinha by Tanara Stuermer
This series of photographs portrays Altinha, a popular game in Rio de Janeiro that aims to keep the ball in the air, where the players can’t use their hands. A carioca sport par excellence, it emerged in the 1960s and is played at the beach, preferably next to the water, where the players’ feet can’t be burned by the hot sand. Tanara Stuermer started to photograph it for many reasons, but mostly because she found the spirit of cooperation between the players beautiful. The players do not compete, because they all have the same objective: not to let the ball touch the ground.