Journey to Cuetzalan

June 18, 2022.Reading time 14 minutes.

Rain brought back memories that weren’t actually mine, including how my father ate fried ants in his native sierra.

Chicago stories

August 4, 2021.Reading time 15 minutes.

How some things change and other things never change strikes me every time I return to the streets of my hometown.

Sobre outros Rios | Paquetá Island

January 17, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

Que ilha você levaria para uma pessoa deserta? Fácil: Paquetá! |
The folkloric island in the middle of Guanabara Bay is not to be missed!

Street Art – Rio | Arte de rua – Rio

January 13, 2021.Reading time 31 minutes.

O acervo está aberto: Passei 10 anos fotografando no Grande Centro do Rio de Janeiro | After 10 years photographing the urban art of Rio de Janeiro, the exhibition is open.

Head-carrying | Carregar na cabeça

November 27, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Although he hadn’t carried the jackfruit from its origins in the Western Ghats of India for the fruit to do so well in the Serra do Mar of Rio de Janeiro, I knew exactly where he had gotten it. And it seemed as no less of an incredible feat to have carried the heavy monster all the […]

Carnaval | Rio de Janeiro

February 24, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Minha predileta sempre será a BANDA DA CONCEIÇÃO | My favorite will always be Banda da Conceição

Teoria de padaria

July 20, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

“Mermão…” berrou o gordo alegre, na roda dos amigos na padaria às 6:30 da manhã, sábado, naquela gritaria desagradável, mas engraçada, de concurso pneumático de macho carioca. “…O que você não aprende em casa, você aprende na rua…e a rua é o pior lugar para você aprender qualquer coisa!” Tomei o meu café em silêncio […]

Memórias de Colonia

June 8, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

A photo essay on autumn and the present perfect in the timeless Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay by Ricky Toledano

Gentrification: problem or progress?

June 2, 2019.Reading time 24 minutes.

I suspect that whomever can answer that question of whether gentrification is progress or problem shall answer all questions, because it reverts to a much more profound human challenge.