Road Trips

Road Trips

Paddling

    Rio de Janeiro. #rio #copacabana #burnmagazine#beachgames

Elevator ride

Rio de Janeiro. Elevator ride. #rio #copacabana#beachgames #burnmagazine

Caipirinhas on the Beach

    Rio de Janeiro. I am burned out. Temporarily. I never stay down long and I never really take a whole day off as I always tell myself I will indeed do. Yet yesterday I didn’t move much. After a week of workshop where we all squeeze the last drop out of the lemon …

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That’s the Zone

    Rio de Janeiro gets me rolling. Fires me up. Life becomes pictures. Pictures become life. That’s the zone. The only place I want to live. #rio #beachgames#burnmagazine #copacabana #leica #monochrom

Bruno

Rio de Janiero. One of my photo students, 21 yr old Bruno Machado, is ecstatic with an after class beach hang. #rio #copacabana #beachgames #burnmagazine#photoworkshops

Workshop Group Shot

Rio de Janeiro. It’s a wrap. My photo workshop students and workshop team share a glass of champagne the morning after our grand finale slideshow at Ateli da Imagem last night. I cannot remember a more closely bonded class. We were shooting side by side all week. I was shooting my BeachGames zine and students …

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Wind

Rio de Janeiro. #rio #copacabana #beachgames #leica#monochrom #burnmagazine

Summer Storm

  Rio de Janeiro. Copacabana. Summer storm hits Avenida Atlântica. #beachgames #rio #storm#copacabana #burnmagazine #leica #monochrom

Marcela

Rio. Marcela, a key character in my book (based on a true story), celebrates Yemenja( goddess of the sea) by throwing a rose to drift out forever. I ran into Marcela by chance today on a “cold rainy day”, 75 F, and nobody else on the beach and the light was magic for b&w. #rio #copacabana #Yemenja #leica #monochrom#beachgames

Giordano

Rio. Giordano is the Father in a Tijuca neighborhood Candomblé Terreiro (sacred place). His “family” gathered here for a 4 hour ritual. #rio #Candomblé#religion #ritual #burnmagazine #beachgames