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Indonesia for the Ford Foundation

I love this image that the Ford Foundation selected for the cover of their new brochure for Indonesia!

beach lovin' in Rio de Janeiro

A little late for Dia dos Namorados, or Valentines Day, though I'm not one who celebrates, but i love these images of my friends Ale and Patxi, two journalists who spent just over three months working in Rio. I also love film, and shooting with my old film camera. 

Mani Restaurant for Monocle Magazine

Former model "Helena Rizzo first met her partner Daniel Redondo when they were both working in a prestigious Spanish restaurant. Having returned to her native Brazil, the couple now runs one of São Paulo’s best restaurants."

 

Special Edition Brazil for the Observer Magazine

 Voice of Brazil, Special edition for the Sunday Observer Magazine

"Having gone from poverty to parliament via Big Brother and Brazil's first gay-rights election platform, Jean Wyllys must rank among the most postmodern of politicians."

 

"Inês Ferreira de Abril's position in the community where she lives and works is halfway between guru and local hero. Walking through the tight red-brick maze of the Borel-Indiana favela, a poor settlement of some 20,000 just a 10-minute cab ride from Rio's Maracana Stadium, she is stopped every five minutes by well-wishers and those seeking advice."

 

"Major Pricilla – as she is best known – is the friendly, positive face of the pacification programme that she has helped to spearhead. She is in charge of hundreds of officers in one of the most violent police forces on the planet and is playing a prominent role in trying to shift perceptions of their tole."