Light Trapping

The Scientist

2012-01-31T23:48:00.001-02:00

Last day in town, and that guy you´ve only exchanged a few messages with now says he´s all about taking pictures. Even better, he has access to a very interesting research facility.
So we set sail… To the lab!
Thank you Daniel.

Between Earth and Sky

2012-01-31T23:29:00.001-02:00

What do you do when you´re driving back home, after a long, busy day, and an almost full moon emerges from the sea in a beautiful night?

You find a small road towards the countryside, leave the busier one, and seize the moment…

STOP SOPA

2012-01-31T23:27:00.000-02:00

http://www.zachstronaut.com/lab/text-shadow-box/stop-sopa.html

www.americancensorship.org

Blue to Bare…

2012-01-31T23:23:00.001-02:00

Wanted to share with you what it looks like in the moments before we actually start to shoot. Of course, when the shooting takes place in some open, public space, things don´t flow like this and doing it quickly is the only alternative… :)

Jump Into Life

2012-01-01T19:15:00.000-02:00

What to say of someone who just got to know you, but joined your crazy project of leaving town to get into some dirty road in the middle of the sugarcane plantations outside the city to try to reach that particular spot you saw in the satellite image? A common friend joining in the last minute only adds to the thrill, and I didn´t expect any less from my hometown men…

Thank you guys.

These are fast changing times in a fast changing region. Centuries-old sugarcane plantations and so far virtually untouched mangrove areas have been giving room to a shipyard, an oil refinery, a growing harbour and many new industries, roads and countless services associated. No landscape seems to be taken for granted anymore as it was the case for our parents, grandparents and so on. Let´s enjoy it, while we can.

More images form our night out will be here in the coming weeks.

Happy 2012!

Light Runs Throught the City´s Arteries

2012-01-01T19:10:00.000-02:00

On a second look, it kinda resembles an inverted Xmas tree…

Happy Holidays!!!

I love NY

2011-12-12T01:27:00.001-02:00

Some say São Paulo keeps trying to be New York. If it´s true, I hope it just keeps on trying and doesn´t lose its own character. I wouldn´t mind if it had half of NY´s public transport system tough...

2011-12-09T01:00:00.000-02:00

Dear followers.

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Singing Rooftops

2011-12-09T00:30:00.000-02:00

The Call

2011-11-30T01:30:00.001-02:00

Diet Gort

2011-11-10T16:58:00.001-02:00

Galata

2011-10-30T12:05:00.000-02:00

Two past Midnight, Jan 1st.

2011-10-18T20:18:00.000-02:00

Lava City

2011-10-09T17:34:00.000-03:00

Le Dormeur

2011-09-30T00:20:00.000-03:00

Cities Backlight – Búzios

2011-09-21T00:35:00.002-03:00

As years go by, the number of sites free from light pollution decreases dramatically. If you´ve been able to visit one of those sites, consider yourself blessed. In between those places and our cities, one can take advantage of their glow as a huge backlight device for landscape photography. Here´s another image of this series.

Infrastructure

2011-09-12T01:57:00.000-03:00

Red Polka Dots

2011-08-30T20:57:00.000-03:00

Tropical Baroque

2011-08-11T00:47:00.005-03:00

Julio

The Remains

2011-07-25T12:06:00.001-03:00

La Ciudad de los Modelos Ausentes...

2011-07-14T19:33:00.001-03:00

Touchstone

2011-07-05T20:28:00.001-03:00

Havana Nights 03/03

2011-06-26T02:24:00.001-03:00

Midnight Garden

2011-06-13T19:55:00.000-03:00

Havana Nights 02/03

2011-06-01T10:50:00.001-03:00

The Sky is Falling

2011-05-23T16:54:00.001-03:00

Havana Nights 01/03

2011-05-15T16:22:00.001-03:00

Noronha

2011-05-09T09:03:00.004-03:00

Fernando de Noronha is one of those remote places still virtually unknown internationally. A kind of iconic site, that lures the visitor with dreamscapes, it has brought both heaven and hell to those who attempted to settle along the centuries. Nowadays, arrival by both plane and boat is restricted to a small number of people per day, and the stay in the island to non habitants is taxed progressively, as to discourage long stays. In off peak seasons, it’s somewhat common to find a beach just for yourself for a while. At night, an eerie atmosphere may claim the whole place. Due to its isolation and the scarce light sources, being on a huge, deserted area, watching the stars actually reflect on the wet sand in a moonless night can be quite an experience.

Step Into The Light

2011-04-24T12:30:00.002-03:00

The Beach House

2011-04-14T23:55:00.001-03:00

Moonset

2011-04-05T20:54:00.002-03:00

Back to Red

2011-03-28T19:24:00.001-03:00

Peeping the Peeper.

2011-03-21T00:57:00.001-03:00

Hey Tom, Godiva has just passed...

The Stadium

2011-02-28T13:55:00.003-03:00

Plans that fell through and somewhat friendly cops, all revolving around The Stadium...

The Station

2011-02-20T21:30:00.001-03:00

Sal

2011-02-10T17:18:00.002-02:00

The salt extracting activities in the northeastern coast of Rio de Janeiro state have seen better days. Its slow decline started in the 1960´s and only recently has shown signs of reversal. Derelict structures are all over to be explored. The whole region is basically a desert, since the areas around the lagoons have seen no other use in ages, and the salterns demand a very small workforce, around 5 people per unit, leading to a very peculiar land occupation of the area, with disperse, very small urban nuclei.

Nightswimming

2011-01-22T00:57:00.004-02:00

Grincheux - Yuri

2011-01-11T21:08:00.001-02:00

Ghost of Christmas Past

2010-12-26T03:48:00.001-02:00

Principle of Permissible Harm

2010-12-12T19:22:00.003-02:00

"It´s a tall cylindrical hotel, yeah... With big red neon lettering at the top.
Along with a nightclub and a couple other places that tint the interior of the whole building, through those huge glass panels..."

Orion, from up there...

2010-10-23T19:27:00.005-02:00

São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos

2010-10-09T23:42:00.003-03:00

Nightripping - The Road to Colón.

2010-09-30T01:21:00.005-03:00

Picture yourself in a car on a road. Not just any road. A one lane, totally flat and featureless, apparently endless road. Travel for hours and hours. The world around you will surely change...

Grincheux - Bruno II

2010-09-25T02:12:00.001-03:00

Red in Rio

2010-09-22T02:44:00.004-03:00

A takeoff from Santos Dumont Airport is like a metaphor for some moments in life when everything must go precisely as it's supposed to. A kind of miniature Kai Tak, Rio´s downtown airport has one of the shortest runways for airports of its kind (over 5 million passengers per year) and is limited on its extremities by the sugar loaf and a huge bridge across the bay, which leads to thrilling takeoffs and approaches. Just like those moments when you´re rewarded with a wonderful experience if you just have what it takes.

Crossing Orion

2010-09-19T01:10:00.001-03:00

Grincheux - Sandro

2010-09-09T20:11:00.003-03:00

Of Dead Families and Times Gone By

2010-09-05T13:18:00.001-03:00

Inspired by rhiz'hommes.

2010-09-02T00:18:00.007-03:00

"Rhiz'hommes is an artistic project that aims to be a collective self-portrait of homoerotic masculinity.
Images that dialogues between self contemplation and sterile distance."

Link to his work on "My Blog List" section at the bottom of this page.

Or just click here.

"See the bedouin fires at night..."

2010-08-29T12:45:00.002-03:00

Actually Berber...

Berbère en fait... :)

Berbere, na verdade.

Idle, HIGH THRUST, Idle, Flare, Reverse...

2010-08-26T23:44:00.001-03:00

On a seemingly infinite loop lately, thank god.

Dans un loop apparemment infinit récemment.

Bruce.

2010-08-26T12:41:00.002-03:00

Let me share with you a page I love:

http://cometomebrucelee.tumblr.com/

It takes a lot of sensibility to create that atmosphere by merely putting images together.
No words, just images.
And it´s simply great.
To whoever makes this, a big Hug.

Grincheux Series - Bruno

2010-08-15T19:25:00.006-03:00

Even the most crowded beaches have their quiet moments...

Bruno and I were born in the same city. We both eventually moved to some other part of the country (actually, we live only a couple hours by car from each other). We had never met in person, however. During the last carnival it happened that we both went back to our hometown so I immediately proposed to make some pics to celebrate the meeting.

These pics are the result.

Staring at Shadows

2010-08-11T21:31:00.000-03:00

How much time have you spent staring at shadows, instead of what really matters?

Grincheux

2010-08-08T04:02:00.003-03:00

Alex, my first Grincheux

Alex, mon premier Grincheux

Alex, meu primeiro "Zangado"

To celebrate our first month up and running, I´m placing the first pic of the Grincheux series.

The idea for the series started shaping itself the moment I saw this mask on a small store in Paris that seemed to have a little bit of everything. Among old good times school supplies and way kitsch home décors, there it was, my "Grincheux" mask. I had been looking for something like that for a while and grabbed it right away!

It took a few months before I actually started shooting the series. The idea is to have it worn by many different men in all sorts of places and situations for a timespan of a few years. The idea behind the idea is to find out when the mask decaying process will drag more attention than the mask bearer.

Pra celebrar nosso primeiro mês no ar, a série Grincheux.
A idéia pra série começou a tomar forma no momento em que eu vi a máscara numa lojinha de Paris que tinha de tudo um pouco. No meio de artigos escolares antigos e de decoração kitsch estava meu "Zangado". Eu já procurava alguma coisa assim há um tempo e agarrei na hora!
Ainda levou uns meses até começar a fazer as fotos. A idéia é ter a máscara usada por vários caras em todo tipo de lugar e de situações por uns anos. A idéia por trás da idéia é descobrir quando a decomposição da máscara vai acabar chamando mais atenção que o cara que a usa.

Pour fêter notre premier mois de publication du blog, la série grincheux.
L'idée de la série est née dans le moment où j'ai vu ce masque dans un petit magasin parisien qui avait un peu de tout. Moi, je cherchais quelque chose comme ça il y avait un peu de temps, et je l'ai pris immédiatement.

Il m'a pris quelques mois avant de vraiment commencer à faire des photos. L'idée c'est de l'avoir porté par plusieurs mecs dans beaucoup de situations et lieux divers, même que ça prenne plusieurs années. Je crois que l'idée derrière la tête c'est de trouver quand la décomposition de l'objet va attirer plus d'attention que l'homme nu qui la porte.

Voices Down the Corridor

2010-08-05T19:12:00.003-03:00

What do you hear them say?

1000th Visitor

2010-08-05T02:41:00.000-03:00

We just had our 1000th visitor.

A Mac user, from United States, Los Angeles, CA.

Um usuário de Mac, Estados Unidos, Los Angeles, CA.

May many more thousand come!

Que venham muitos outros milhares

Vista do Rio/ Riverside

2010-08-01T00:31:00.002-03:00

Visitando Alex / Visiting Alex

2010-07-30T19:56:00.005-03:00

Alex

2010-07-30T11:29:00.002-03:00

Douglas Prince - Self Portrait as a Dreaming Man.

2010-07-29T15:57:00.005-03:00

A couple years ago I stumbled on this picture and it struck me immediately. It´s probably my all time favourite pic, for totally irrational reasons. I just love it, viscerally. I´m 300% happy because this week I finally identified its author, Douglas Prince (link at the bottom of this page). Now all I need to find out is where, if anywhere, there´s a copy to be sold.
The photo title evokes "Self Portrait as a Drowned Man", a photo (actually a series) which is full of history itself, shot by Hippolyte Bayard in 1840.

About the "Drowned Man" photos:
http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/self_portrait_as_a_drowned_man/

About their author:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Bayard

Fim de Festa

2010-07-27T00:54:00.002-03:00

Party is Over.

Trapped Motion.

2010-07-26T03:04:00.003-03:00

Faulty tripod + a couple lights + timing + patience.

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile//120609.html

"Ci scusiamo per la povera qualità della foto."

2010-07-25T19:08:00.010-03:00

B.R.B. Gotta make a call.

Quem resiste a uma rua que divide um parque de diversões de um Fórum?

Who could resist a street between an amusement park and a court of justice?

Qui pouvait résister a une rue entre un parc d'attractions et un tribunal?

Good Night and Good Luck...

2010-07-25T00:12:00.004-03:00

Cause we all could use a little bit of Edward Murrow now and then...

http://www.otr.com/murrow_mccarthy.shtml

Jogo

2010-07-24T13:24:00.002-03:00

Blowing Smoke.

2010-07-22T20:50:00.002-03:00

Yes, we love to stare...

2010-07-22T20:34:00.002-03:00

A Praia / The Beach

2010-07-20T19:51:00.004-03:00

Luz de emergência portátil + led azul.

Portable emergency light + blue led.
Lumière d'urgence + led bleue.

Falando em Asfalto... / The Road

2010-07-18T15:05:00.006-03:00

Sandro.
Pensando se sai correndo ou é deixado pra trás.
Options are to run after or be left behind.
Courir après ou être laissé derrière.

Vue du Vidigal.

2010-07-17T19:03:00.003-03:00

Morro ou asfalto?

Um dos projetos mais bacanas do Rio:

http://www.nosdomorro.com.br/teatro.htm

BsAs

2010-07-17T18:39:00.006-03:00

Esperando Robbie.

Waiting for Robbie.

En attendant Robbie.

Marcelo Watches the Stars

2010-07-17T17:46:00.005-03:00

Uma noite sem lua + um aplicativo do Ipod.
Moonless night + Ipod App.
Nuit sans lune + Application pour Ipod.

Shopping.

2010-07-12T16:14:00.026-03:00

Hall.

Loja.
Store.
Magasin.

Marcelo

Shopping Abandonado.
Abandoned Mall.
Shopping Abandonné

São Bernardo do Campo. 2009.

Pra outros usos do lugar:
For other uses of the place:
Pour d' autres usages du endroit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dA1KvfLJec&feature=related

Ubatuba

2010-07-10T14:20:00.004-03:00

Ubatuba.

Dezembro 2009

Boa Viagem

2010-07-09T19:20:00.008-03:00

Recife.
Novembro 2008.

Esperança no Ar

2010-07-09T18:35:00.004-03:00

30 de junho, quando ainda se respirava esperança no ar do Rio de Janeiro.
Fuga rapidinha entre vôos no Santos Dumont.
June 30, when one could still feel the hope in Rio's atmosphere.
A quickie between flights at Santos Dumont airport.
30 Juin, quands on pouvait encore sentir l´espoir dans l'atmosphere à Rio.
"Quickie" entre vols à l'aéroport Santos Dumont.