Salvador, Bahia (Brazil). This was one of 22 choices for this audience on my second small print sale which ended last night at midnight. A big thank you to those who made a choice. We had a Cuba print sale a year ago and now this from Brazil. This helps to fund our BurnMagazine team since we accept no advertising and are about to announce our annual 15k Emerging Photographer Fund grant shortly for this audience. For those of you who purchased these prints I honestly feel you made a good investment. So far the art books and prints we’ve made available in the last three years have all gone up in value inside the collector market. Michael Courvoisier, our master printer, will now make your archival pigment ink prints, I will sign en verso and recto, and we will ship to you as soon as possible. This photograph was made on Velvia iso50 film using a tripod and small flash with a Leica M6 during boxing practice in a Salvador favela. It’s unfortunate that favelas seem to be known for mostly illicit activity when in fact there are so many positive programs for sports and the arts. Ballet classes, art classes, music classes etc along with sports programs make the favelas in Brazil a bastion of positive thinking on so many levels. Tough stuff? Sure, and I’ve photographed that too. Yet in our helter skelter world it seems that showing positive occasionally as a reminder of some of the good aspects of human nature doesn’t hurt. Again, thanks to all who participated in our Brazil print sale. #brazil#bahia #salvador #boxing #velvia