backroads brazil


disneyland of art, take 4

Inhotim, a major gem in both Brazil and the contemporary art world, has Free Wednesdays.  I visited the other week, and my photography benefited from so many school children visiting on day trips from the state capital, Belo.  Photography, only recently, is now permitted inside galleries: a very welcome artistic […]


caraça nature park

Caraça is a jewel among the vast crown of backroads Brazil, hidden in mid-eastern Minas Gerais.  Originally a seminary founded in 1820 which schooled a number of Brazil’s presidents, it is now a private Nature Park and Shrine, which includes Brazil’s first neo-gothic church.  The park is essentially a large […]


“to belém & back” global launch

“To Belém & Back,” for its global launch in downtown São Paulo, Brazil, was honored by a large turnout for a one-night art intervention, which included a photo exhibit (of images from the journey), a pocket show by Brazilian star and singer Vanessa Bumagny, the book’s launch video, and book […]