The city's resplendent natural offerings, coupled with its continual influx of practices from across the world, have formed a rich tapestry of cultural traditions and identities; allowing a wide variety of Carioca lifestyles that, while seemingly different, all celebrate love for life and the importance of others.

Everyday Carioca practices, habits and tastes are also showcased - photographs of a detail of life in rio de janeiro city, brazil's cidade maravilhosa as experienced by the local cariocas

From the historical significance of tattoos, to attitudes and preferred methods of transport, holiday culture, where to get one's hair cut or go for a beauty treatment, and the best spots to watch the sunset, I LOVE RIO charts the popular tendencies that constitute the day to day make-up of Carioca life.