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 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 way down from […]

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

Street Art – Rio | Arte de rua – Rio

February 5, 2020.Reading time 20 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.

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.

The Street Art of Montevideo

April 30, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

The most amazing panorama

The Port[als] of Buenos Aires

April 25, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

The words for port and door are quite the same in Latin languages. Actually, it is hardly a stretch for English speakers to grasp the relevant vocabules for a place of entry and exit. In the case of Buenos Aires, however, I found poetry in how the very doors of the city reflected the amazing […]

The Recoleta Cemetary, Buenos Aires

April 22, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

As one of the two most visited cemetaries in the world, it could only become yet another cliché to follow Paris. However, I don’t have the unending struggle — either internal or external — against cliché that bothers others to insanity. I think I might have more pressing fights to deal with. And it […]

The Curse of Saraswati

February 22, 2019.Reading time 43 minutes.

If I look irritated, it is because I was. It is in these moments of disappointment, however, when we learn the most.

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