Fresh Market

Brazilians love fruits. It is summer time and it is a tradition to have lots of fruits on the table for New Year's Eve dinner. 

Santander Bank

Santander Bank has a beautiful architecture. It used to be a Sao Paulo State Bank and it was sold to Santander this year. 

Sao Paulo View

Today, I went to downtown Sao Paulo to find a good spot to demonstrate how big this city is. Sao Paulo is the 3rd largest city in the world. Unfortunately, it is also called a city of concrete with 20 million people. I am on the top of Santander Bank. It used to be the tallest Brazilian building in 1948. 

Fresh Coconut Water

We also have lots of hard workers like Mr. Santos. He works in front of The Pinacoteca Museum in Sao Paulo. He does not like been photographed but he opened an exception today. 

Homeless

Even though the economy is doing better in Brazil we still have social differences. The number of homeless in Sao Paulo is considerable large. There are lots of institutions supported by the population trying to help them. 

Skin Heads in Brazil

I was surprised about seeing that in Brazil we also have gangs. The teenagers in the photo are Skin Heads. They were nice to me and excited about the picture but one of them was holding a hammer. 

Visiting Sao Paulo - Brazil

This weekend I went to Hilton Hotel in Sao Paulo to shoot this new bridge crossing Pinheiros River in Sao Paulo. It was decorated for Christmas. It is good to be home for a while. Happy New Year!

Photojournalism Final

This is my Final Project for Photojournalism Class. I covered the Presidential Rallies in North Carolina. Some Barack Obama's supporters like Bill Clinton and Mrs. Ann Cooper's photographs were included.

Peter Kaplan

"Peter B. Kaplan is a commercial and editorial photographer who has captured subjects ranging from wildlife in the Serengeti to the high-rise buildings in New York City and nudes perched at lofty altitudes. He's climbed and photographed the Golden Gate Bridge, The Empire State Building, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the St. Louis Arch, the World Trade Center and numerous other sites. He is the "Preferred Photographer" for the Statue of Liberty/ Ellis Island Foundation." If you want to learn more about Peter Kaplan just click here.

Personal advice from Gregory Heisler

The interview with Gregory Heisler can be named as "inspiration". The opportunity of having a very professional photographer with simple and valuable advices was really a gift. In the end of the interview I asked him what he would suggest to someone like me, 43, and just starting on this field. He said:  "You can succeed but do not waste time"! I think it was everything that I wanted to hear.

Tutankhamun Exhibit at Atlanta Civic Center

I went to visit the Tutankhamun Exhibit today at the Civic Center. Due to the weather there was no line and I was the last ticket buyer! During my visit I tried to look everything with photographer eyes. I start thinking how interesting the mums discoveries were to the photojournalists at that time and  how much the egyptians appreciated symmetry. Some studies have proved a relationship between symmetry and beauty. Their jewelries were very symmetrical and beautiful. It was a great experience!

5th Quarter is over!

It is amazing how time goes by so fast. Last year, when I started this program I though:" Photography Program... few mornings during the week...easy, I can handle it.  I WAS WRONG. 

This is a very intensive program. I have learned a lot and as much as I research about well known photographers in the world like Ansel Adams, Bill Eppridge, Gregory Heisler, Dennis Heggie and others I feel liket I still have a lot to learn but at the same time I feel motivated to pursue my dreams.  It is not an easy path but it is worth. This is a wonderful team. I am glad to have joined this journey.