Rio's Street Art

Art Work at Olympic Boulevard, Rio de Janeiro  

Brazilian Folklore Character Saci

Graffiti in the Lapa Neighborhood Locate in the Center of Rio

Like all big cities in the world theirs no shortage of Colorful Street Art from Street Performers trying to make a buck to Graffiti on selective street corners. I guess its part of the Rhythm of the city.

Art in the Park

Artwork in front of the National Museum Brasilia, Brazil.

Step aside your in my way!

On any given Sunday there always something to see or do in the Plano Piloto, in Brasilia. Take this huge outdoor photo exhibit in front of the museum with lights and all. I was impressed by the fact that it was lit up nicely at night so you weren't limited to viewing it during the day like other exhibits I've seen in other cities that were only viewable during the day. I wonder where this guy stores his photos when there not on display?  He must have a big attic.

Joy of Music

Raquel on the drum

Gabriela  Dancing

Without music the world would be a pretty dull place. There's not a culture on earth that doesn't play or is not effected by music. It all started with a guy named Jubal, the first musician on earth. Psalm 150: 4a Praise him with the drum and dancing. 5b & 6 praise him with the loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that lives sing praises to the Lord.  Remember if you don't praise him, the rocks will.

Festa São João

Youth enjoying the festival

Hi Mom, like my outfit

Doing the Alligator Dance

The Festa São João or the Saint John Festival, aka the Festa Junina is celebrated every June in Brazil. it use to be only on the 24th of the month but now they celebrate it through the whole month. I believe in Oporto, Portugal, home of port wine, where the festival has it's origins, it's only celebrated on the 23 & 24 of the month and not the whole month like in Brazil.

Colorful Foliage

Pink Ipe Tree

No matter what time of the year it is in Brazil, there always seems to be something beautiful in bloom. Take these trees for instant the top one is of an Ipe tree very common here in Brazil, and blooms in several colors such as yellow and I believe red (not sure if the bottom photo is an Ipe Tree).

Colorful Architecture of Pirenópolis

 Some of the Local Homes that you'll see. 

Local Theater 

Colorful Little Cafe

Just some of the colorful architecture that you will see in the charming little town of Pirenópolis, Brazil, in  the state of Goiás. It's definitely a fun place to hang out and spent either an afternoon or weekend there, preferably a weekend as there always seems to be something going there from Music Festivals to Gastronomic Festival, Photography Festival  each of which attract hundreds of visitors. During the day for the most part the town is fairly quite but at night it really comes to life

Streets of Quito

Man against a colorful background

Waiting for more Customers 

Whenever I'm riding around a new city I always have my camera in hand and and try to take photos on the fly, meaning out the window as I'm pass by, sometimes I works and sometimes it doesn't. A city like Quito, Ecuador, is a very photographic city but clouds are always rolling in and out making for slower  shutter speeds and harder to the shot out the window you hoping to get.

Abstract Art

What this?

Transformed Art Work

I'm not a big fan of abstract art work so on a recent visit to the local museum in Brasilia, I decided to turn some abstract art into a little more abstract by zooming my lens out while taking the photo with a slow shutter speed to see what kind of results I could get. And, as you can see a big improvement and a more interesting piece of work now.

Bahian Women

More Colorful Outfit

Traditional White Outfit 

Women of Salvador Bahia, dressed in traditional outfits. Some outfits are more colorful than others. From what I understand they were originally more on the plain white side but over time became more colorful to help attract tourist as they walk by the local shops where they work.