“Sao Paulo”

Urban photographer

Sao Paulo -  Graffiti, photos and “pixações“, urban art in traffic. We don’t live without it even a single day. Lino: Lovely the title and how you make me read the words on the wall! Are there more messages to be read? What do you mean in traffic? Are this pixações? What is the difference with Graffiti?
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

urban landscape

Sao Paulo -  Man takes some fresh air after rain: shirtless, smoking a cigarette on his balcony. In front of him, a tipical “paulistana” landscape: the gray concrete of Barra Funda neighbourhood and…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Underemployment

Sao Paulo -  In order to improve family more money, many people in Sao Paulo work selling goods or delivering the newspaper to drivers who stop at traffic lights. People sell everything from…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Undercover gym

Sao Paulo -  Next to the Catadores (the informal rubbish collectors’ coop) men from the (neighbor) hood have created their own open-air gym. Directly under the traffic viaducts, it is a good initiative…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Two bedrooms

Sao Paulo -  Another type of underemployment. Especially on weekends, many teenager work to deliver advertising or help drivers who are looking for an apartment to buy. Sao Paulo, Av. Francisco Matarazzo –…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Tired worker

Sao Paulo -  Street worker collects papers to sell per kilo, followed his path for some time, he collected a good amount of paper and then sat on the floor with his head…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

The speed of waiting

Sao Paulo -  Sao Paulo also has its moments of emptiness. At such times, there’s nothing else to be done than to patiently wait for the bus to arrive. Barra Funda - SP…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

The drip

Sao Paulo -  Creative way to hold a drip. Sao Paulo, Rua Pirituba - Conceição, 1 st December 2009 by Ines Correa…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

The boy plays

Sao Paulo -  Brazil is a new country, is growth. There are many street children and others who start work early. In the picture taken at the Centro Cultural São Paulo, a place…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Under construction

Sao Paulo -  On board next to is written: no stopping and parking - end. This is a traffic light. But it seems that is valid for the city that never stops growing…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Try to avoid blue chairs

Sao Paulo -  There is a run on the brown chairs as you have to stand up for the old (from 60), pregnant, cripple or parents with a small child if you sit…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Thought of everything

Sao Paulo -  As the standard Orelhão (big ear) was occupied at that moment, the girl decided to use the phone booth meant for wheelchair users. This public facility is very sophisticated. Take…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

The original

Sao Paulo -  When we go through Liberdade, we don’t know who is chinese or japanese. They are brazilian now. It’s so mixed! And so different from “the original\".…
Ines Correa – Migrationpapa

The classic run

Sao Paulo -  Nowadays in Avenida Paulista, an old man run in an old-style way. Sao Paulo, Avenida Paulista - Paraíso, 25th November 2009 by Ines Correa…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Under Construction

Sao Paulo -  Downtown Sao Paulo is through changes. It seems never ending. The project of revitalizing the city is audacious. But first, it is necessary to decide what to do with the…
Ines Correa – Migrationpapa

Train arriving at Luz station

Sao Paulo -  Train arriving at Luz station, São Paulo downtown. Trains are used just for the access to periphery and adjacent cities. There is no railway network in Brazil connecting cities. Areas…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Therea€™s nothing like an ice cold beer

Sao Paulo -  Tired of carrying towels to sell? The solution is simple: stop at a bar and cool off with an ice cold beer. Av. Francisco Matarazzo - São Paulo - 06/12/09…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

The Moving City

Sao Paulo -  The city that moves constantly. People coming and going, quickly, worried with their schedules and compromises. Access to Bandeira Bus terminal. Zé Barretta.…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

The city doesna€™t stop

Sao Paulo -  23 de Maio Ave. south area way, end of dayshift on Monday, cars and motorcicles pressing each other. Without motoboys Sao Paulo wouldn’t move.…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

Umbrellas

Sao Paulo -  It just starts to rain a little in Sao Paulo that appear umbrella sellers, one in particular, also sells belts. The Brazilian people has the way to survive in the…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Top down

Sao Paulo -  The rich do not need to enter the streets. They fly from one rooftop to the other.…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

The whistle.

Sao Paulo -  From these little shelter you can protect middle class houses. A water container to wash yourself outside and a brown container with drinking water inside. TV with a satellite receiver…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

The girl plays

Sao Paulo -  In Sao Paulo, most people live in small apartments with little space. On weekends, nothing better than a walk with the children. The Centro Cultural São Paulo is one of…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

The bus in Paulista Ave

Sao Paulo -  The bus crossing the Paulista Avenue, an important commercial center in São Paulo, going to Praça da Sé, old center in downtown, on the side what is left from old…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab