Rio’s notorious “favelas,” with their makeshift homes, and drug related businesses, house twenty per cent of Rio’s population. Yet they also remain colorful communities where people live and work. I poked my head into a tiny pool hall tucked into a warren of homes, and made this image built around the green pool table, with its cues neatly awaiting the next game. The hall (or more accurately, a room) also seems to support a soft drink concession. Its boxes and machines offer a context rich in primary colors – blue, red, yellow, along with a smattering of vivid orange soda.