Pixação: the story behind São Paulo's 'angry' alternative to graffiti

Derived from heavy metal album covers, São Paulo’s distinctive street writing is rooted in a desire to protest against inequality in Brazil’s largest city. But some pixadores now fear their work is being ‘sold out’. Photographs: Pablo Lopez LuzIf Brazil is “not for beginners”, as the composer Antonio Carlos Jobim once said, then its great urban centre, São Paulo, is certainly not for the faint of heart. It’s not just the noisy streets, the