Salvador

Salvador, Bahia (Brazil). Leica M6 and Velvia film. I used a beer bottle as a tripod to shoot in low light with this ISO50 transparency film. Just two days left to choose one of 22 photographs for my small print, time and size limited edition. 6×9 image size floating on an 8.5 X11 paper size. …

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Bahia

Brazil. Salvador, Bahia. This photograph made on Velvia film with my Leica M6. Current cover shot of Leica’s M magazine. This photograph of young men playing beach football is one of 22 of my Brazil pictures now being offered in a one time sale. 6×9 image size on 8.5 X11 paper. Archival pigment.$125. Signed. Sale …

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Beach seller

Rio de Janeiro. Beach sellers are everywhere all the time. Mostly with things you need. Drinks, food, etc and in this case decorated magnets. I shot this picture with an M9. Published in NatGeo story on Rio. It’s one of 22 choices from my Brazil work being offered on my TIME LIMIT small print sale …

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Trans shower

Rio de Janeiro. Trans shower room. 2015 from a Leica monochrom file, this image sings in print. 2 days left on my Brazil small print sale. 6×9 archival pigment image size on 8.5 x 11 paper. $125. until midnight Tuesday and then never again this picture in this size. Limited by both time and size. …

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Christ

Christ figure under full moon. Corcovado. Rio de Janeiro. Only 3 days left for my Brazil small print sale. 6×9 image size on an 8.5 X11 piece of paper. Archival pigment print made by master printer Michael Courvoisier. $125. Limited by time and by size. Link to Burn store in my profile above. All details …

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Jumper

I always tell those I mentor to never leave a scene til it’s over. Like really over. This parkour artist told me he wasn’t going to jump again. So I turned my attention to the couple in the foreground. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Wilson Crispim running to jump. I decided …

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Last post

A portrait of a beautiful woman as a farewell in my last post. Thank you very much for this opportunity and your support. Both are indispensable for growth, specially for a project that I’m working on in my home country, Bolivia @mariadanielbalcazar for @burndiary #documentary #portrait #photojournalism

Landscape

Illimani, the guardián of the City of La Paz, welcomed me yesterday just after sunset Global warming, however, theatens the majestic beauty of this mountain at 6,438m (21,122ft) , as its snow withdraw. @mariadanielbalcazar posting for @burndiary #Bolivia #losandes #climatechange #bnw #documentary #bn #bw #byn

Oruro

Carnaval is ending and so is my stay in Oruro. @mariadanielbalcazar posting for @burndiary #Oruro #Bolivia #documentaryphotography @

Festival

Century old festival of syncretism, -Andean Catholic practices. UNESCO’s Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This image represents Archangel Michael triumphing in the battle between good and evil. @mariadanielbalcazar posting for @burndiary #carnival #Oruro #Bolivia #documentary #diablada