♥ trash has given us an appetite for art.

this weekend i watched an inspiring documentary called wasteland (2010)

featuring contemporary artist, vik muniz as he journeys from his apartment in

brooklyn back to his native brazil, to visit one of the largest landfills,

jardim gramacho, and the people who make their living

by picking recycled goods day after day.

the garbage pickers, aka catadores, live on the outskirts of this grand

garbage heap, working and toiling without much hope of ever leaving.

for the purpose of this documentary, muniz asked a number

of these colorful characters to tell their story, and re-create famous

artistic poses to help him create large scale pieces of heartbreakingly

beautiful art from the very garbage they work in.