Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Rio de Janiero

Copacabana Palace
As Seen By Durimel

Famous for their fashion editorial, twin brothers Jalan and Jibril Durimel were the perfect pairing for Copa, creating imagery that thrums with the celebratory spirit of Carnival. Through their lens, the grand architecture of the Palace becomes a backdrop for a cast of characters and palette of colours that acts as an ode to Carioca lifestyle.

A hand passes a fork to a blond guest in a black bathing costume, floating on a pool lilo with a bowl of pasta in her lap.

A muscly black man poses in gym trunks on a stairwell, holding a glass of rosé in one hand and bicep curling with the other.

Legs dangle from an open first-floor window in a corner detail that shows Copacabana Palace's curve-edged art-deco balconies.

On a balcony at night, a woman poses in grey pyjamas, feather boa and shades by a man in white casuals reclining on a bench.

A woman with dark curly hair soaks in a foam bath with her feet up on the sill of the bathroom window, framing the sunset.

A male staff member watches as a topless young man in green shorts balances on the white balustrade wall outside the hotel.

A woman with dark curly hair and a white bikini sits on the back of a muscly man doing push-ups in maroon gym trunks.

Four uniformed staff laugh and eat popcorn on the green theatre chairs, lifting their legs for a cleaner's vacuum to pass.

Black and white shot of a lady wearing an evening dress, walking in the lobby

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