Photo of the Month (May 2025 Edition): The Nightmare
Photo of the Month (May 2025 Edition): The Nightmare A ghost haunts all forms of digital art – the ghost of lost hard drives. One of the first texts on this blog was inspired by a nightmare that, fortunately, didn’t become reality. I dreamed that a volcano swallowed my backpack of photographic equipment, and […]
Blast from the past #1: Tapajós
Blast from the past #1: Tapajós The idea of launching a new section on the blog called “blast from the past” could itself be considered a blast from the past. I had already thought of this concept when I began reorganizing my photo archive and revamping the blog, as I came across many images—digitally […]
Photo of the Month (April 2025 Edition): Cradle of Waters
Photo of the Month (April 2025 Edition): Cradle of Waters The Brazilian Cerrado is now widely known as the “Cradle of Waters” of South America. The most common reason for this nickname is the fact that eight of the continent’s twelve major river basins have their sources within the geographical boundaries of the Cerrado. […]
Photo of the Month (March 2025 Edition): Secret about a secret
Photo of the Month (March 2025 Edition): Secret about a secret “A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.” Diane Arbus Althoug this quote is somewhat dubious, it tells a lot about my photography advances (or not) in February. I struggled hard to have a […]
A Thousand Words: Logging off
A Thousand Words: Logging off Although I missed Halley’s last appearance, I was fortunate to be born and raised in a “disconnected” world. Even though I had the chance to own a smartphone as a young adult, I chose to stay out of that trend. I graduated without a smartphone and, in fact, with […]
Photo of the Month (February 2025 Edition): the Great Comet of 2025
Photo of the Month (February 2025 Edition): the Great Comet of 2025 Having been born a few years after Halley’s last appearance, I never imagined I would see a comet before turning 70. Then, in 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic—forty years before Halley’s next visit—Neowise appeared. In a dramatic twist of fate, it was […]
Claudia Andujar: Flora Exhibition
Claudia Andujar: Flora Claudia Andujar is one of the great names of photography in Brazil, where she settled in 1955 after a decade of refuge in the United States. Born in Switzerland and raised in Romania, Claudia migrated to escape the war. She arrived in Brazil without knowing the language and turned to photography […]
Photo of the Month (January 2025 Edition): Tamandua
Photo of the Month (January 2025 Edition): Tamandua Spotting large animals in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest isn’t easy. The dense vegetation provides plenty of cover, allowing animals to remain hidden or go unnoticed. Moreover, large human groups moving through the forest—like those I usually accompany—are detected from afar by other animals, making […]
A Thousand Words: On Photography Contests
A Thousand Words: On Photography Contests At the beginning of the year, I received an email that left me stunned. I was on the road, driving in the rain, tense due to heavy traffic, when I made a stop and saw the message. “It is my great pleasure to inform you that your […]
Photo of the Month (December 2024 Edition): The extraordinary
Photo of the Month (December 2024): The Extraordinary At the beginning of this year, I came across an account of an Arctic expedition in which the explorer mentioned she had seen so many northern lights that they had become “as ordinary as sunsets” in the tropics. Somehow, this statement struck a chord with […]