This gritty urban night soccer scene comes to you from Ipanema Beach in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The iconic peak of Pedra de Gavea rises in the background and the city lights of Favela da Rocinha (South America’s largest shanty town/slum) climb impossibly up the side of the mountain. I camped out on [...]

Although the Copacabana is the most famous beach in Rio de Janeiro, a short drive away is the equally beautiful and less crowded Tijuca Beach. This moment captures the water, sands, city, and sky coming together, and a human figure walking along the line of convergence. I timed this shot carefully, but was still lucky [...]

I was waiting for my flight at the Afonso Pena International Airport, in Curitiba, capital of Paraná, in Brazil. In front of me, there was this large window from where people often watch the airplanes landing and taking off. At that hour of the day the light was perfect for the contrast and clouds in [...]

This is a delicious chocolate cake with cashew nut, dulce de leche and strawberries. This combination not only gives pleasure to the palate, but also to the eyes. The cake was made to celebrate the birthday of my friend Estela Maris and colorful candles were placed to represent her personality.

This photo was taken on an avenue in downtown São Paulo-SP, Brazil, which is elevated from street level, about as high as the second floor of a building. Residential buildings around this avenue, when it was built, lost value and people who lived in them lost their privacy. So the whole area has worsened. Indigents, [...]