just a snippet of a larger project by the image studio moov, time of rio reveals the inherent beauty of the city with exceptional images, captured over many painstaking hours put in by the production team. 

it is the brainchild of moov, which is a rio de janeiro based media production company that specializes in multimedia documentaries from new forms of pictorial records.

it is no surprise jarbas agnell's short film  the city of samba, showing rio de janeiro in a completely unique light was shortlisted as one of vimeo's top twelve videos of 2012 - the six minute reel is captivating.

sweeping panoramas of rio de janeiro by night and day - captured in unbelievable clarity - comprise the first half of the film.