Roughly 800,000 commuters pass through the Plano Piloto Bus Station in Brasilia daily. The terminal, located only a couple of kilometers from the National Congress, is a meeting point which connects the Brazilian capital and its satellite cities. These cities serve as dormitory towns for hundreds of thousands of workers who need to travel for tens of kilometers to get to work in the center of the Federal District. This constant crowd is an exception in a city planned for cars, full of empty spaces and alienating streets, little prone to walking and to interaction among its inhabitants. Besides being a place of passage, the marquees of the Bus Station also serve as the first shelter for those who come from afar in search of opportunities in the capital. This series, which I’ve been doing since 2015, is a portrait of all these passengers, often immersed in moments of solitude and anticipation amid the chaos.

- Gustavo Minas

Published by Bump Books
Edited by David Solomons
Publication date: August 2020
Size: 210mm x 148mm
Cover: uncoated 170gsm digital
Text: uncoated 120gsm digital
Pages: 32
Images: 25
Printed in the UK
Edition of 250

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