Good NewsBeautiful tilt-shift video of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival
It's known as "the world's biggest party," but a viral video is giving us a new perspective of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival — a miniature one.
Sydney photographer Keith Loutit took 170,000 still shots of 2011's celebration, tilting his lens to capture objects to appear dramatically tinier than actual size.
Through Loutit's tilt-shift lens "the world seems simple and uncomplicated, the differences between people are reduced, and obstacles seem easily overcome."
The resulting stop-motion video "turns this annual spectacle of staggering scale and proportion into a delightfully miniaturized version that feels as though thousands of toys are tromping through a kitchen cabinet," Christopher Jobson of Colossal writes.
Loutit's co-filmmaker Jarbas Agnelli composed the music.
Watch "The City of Samba" below.
