26 fevereiro 2010

good foto



Originally uploaded by Rafael_Pieroni

a friend of mine, rafael pieroni, made this wonderful shot of his nice in carnaval costume. he put the sun behind the child and iluminated her with a flash. made with a canon 400 or something. it does not take a good camera to make a great shot.

25 fevereiro 2010

mad max is alive

this strange vehicle we met at the entrance to rio de janeiro. I swear there where real shrunk heads hanging on the back. there was he, his wife and some kids on the bike.
we looked like sober, boring family bikers with our bmw....

arriving in rio


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Originally uploaded by Super Star2006

..over the niterói bridge at sunset....

pasta


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Originally uploaded by Super Star2006

is the name of my uncles dog. it sleeps outside with -12c on the table and has a quiet nice temper.

21 janeiro 2010

02 janeiro 2010

De volta

After one week on the beach and in the mountains we came back to a
mouldy (it rained every day) são paulo. We went with the bike to
jardins,
The ritz, our favorite eatery.

09 dezembro 2009

too much water...


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Originally uploaded by Super Star2006

this is the view from my office building.
I arrived here at nine o'clock. São Paulo after 12 hours of heavy rainfalls ( a cold-front hit the moist air of December tropical summer). My motorbike just said gourglsshsghurrropfff after the dirty water of the rio Tietês newest side arm had engulfed my two cylinders. I then pushed it to my factory building where I was the only person for another 5 hours until the first employees arrived.
A day like in war.
The only good thing are the São Paulo people. Everybody in a good mood. The worst it gets the more the people help each other. Nice experience.
After a day in soaked jeans we had cleaned the mess, lost nearly nothing of any value and now HOPE strongly that mother nature gives us a break.
São Paulo is built on the confluence of some small rivers which all have their springs in the cities perimeter. The whole area was always a swamp or a hillside.
With the growth of the city the problem got even worse and in my opinion this problem is bigger than any manmade construction to solve it. They dug out the river making it 9 meters deeper, they channeled it, they made huge intermediary "piscinões".
But.. when it rains....it pours, and in Sampa even more so.

16 novembro 2009

ovosdepomba


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Originally uploaded by Super Star2006

we had a nest of doves in our ceiling..just above our bed. I had to climb up and take it out. the dove was still sitting on them. they where so beautiful. I feel like a murderer.