Rio de Janeiro. Melissa Carter, one of my photo workshop students, relaxes at dinner. Melissa is here in Rio with her mother who is also her primary photo subject. Melissa’s essay on her mother will be on Burn soonest. #rio #beachgames #ipanema
Rio de Janeiro. The gay gala camarote at the Candybox in the Sambodromo Carnaval parade ground. Super good vibes all around. Stay tuned for my upcoming BeachGames zine. A real life story.#rio#beachgames
Rio de Janeiro. A full moon rises over Botofogo Bay and the Christ statue Corcovado. I like to mix landscape work with more intimate people interaction photographs simply to give a sense of place.#beachgames #rio #moon
BeachGames essay soon. To publish as a zine this spring by BurnBooks. I must make very clear this is fiction “writing” not photojournalism nor traditional photo document. It is my second “story” in Rio and most surely my last. Yes perhaps a sequel to my (based on a true story) yet very different and a …
Rio de Janeiro. I just have to love all of the beach workers and sellers in Rio. An interesting cast of characters all around who let you know what they are selling yet do not over hustle. No matter how crowded the beaches here, one can always get a chair and a caipirinha fast. …
Rio de Janeiro. I am burned out. Temporarily. I never stay down long and I never really take a whole day off as I always tell myself I will indeed do. Yet yesterday I didn’t move much. After a week of workshop where we all squeeze the last drop out of the lemon …
Rio de Janeiro gets me rolling. Fires me up. Life becomes pictures. Pictures become life. That’s the zone. The only place I want to live. #rio #beachgames#burnmagazine #copacabana #leica #monochrom
Rio de Janiero. One of my photo students, 21 yr old Bruno Machado, is ecstatic with an after class beach hang. #rio #copacabana #beachgames #burnmagazine#photoworkshops
