PAPA

Fast vehicle

Sao Paulo -  In the middle of the traffic in Paulista Ave., Sao Paulo, bike becomes the faster vehicle.
Marcelo Ferrelli – Sao Paulo Lab

New old people.

Sao Paulo -  Specially on sundays you might see many new old people in the streets. Jogging, walking hand in hand in a lovingly way. Sao paulo is the first city I see…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

iron shutters

Sao Paulo -  As the wheather is mostly soft with temperatures around 25 celsius, most shops have no shop windows or doors. When they are open at day time, they open up completely…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Clean traffic jam

Sao Paulo -  Sao Paulo street-sweepers clean Paulista Ave., an important financial centre in the city, in the middle of the chaotic traffic jam on Monday.…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

Brigadier Generala€™s Blue

Sao Paulo -  Many “blues” in Brigadeiro Luis Antonio Ave. The arriving bus, the glass windows of the modern architecture buildings, the street sign, the man walking on the sidewalk, and the sign…
Sylvia Sanchez – 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

Chilean hippie-like sells his stuff

Sao Paulo -  I don’t know if he lives like a hippie, but works as one, selling handicrafts on Paulista avenue, a place where you can find a lot of hippies from all…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

(Big steps forward for a model)

Sao Paulo -  Man jogging at Brigadeiro Luis Antonio Ave. for health and fitness. Coiffeur sign at the bottom of the image. In Sao Paulo it’s easier doing your hair than buying bread…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

Sunny Sunday

Sao Paulo -  People and cyclists in Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo on a sunny Sunday. People searching for health, entertainment, fun and a healthy body. Luciana Camargo…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Works in the city

Sao Paulo -  Man working during the night so they don’t disturb the chaotic traffic jam in Sao Paulo. …
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

Protected Police

Sao Paulo -  Sunday morning. A shopping arcade with both entrances closed by gates. And an empty police station, protected inside the space between the gates.…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Sao Paulo Comics

Sao Paulo -  Hidden on the building wall, the side door is used to put garbage out.…
Giovana Pasquini – Sao Paulo Lab

Chinese small market and advertisement

Sao Paulo -  Small supermarket with Chinese decoration in entrance. We can see publicity of three of the most popular Brazilian beers on the doors. A chair and broom ready for action. To…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Anarchist Socialist Democracy

Sao Paulo -  Man wearing an SSA (Socialist Union Alternative) group t-shirt next to the symbol of anarchism. Nothing is more democratic than the two ideologies sharing the same spot.…
Marcelo Ferrelli – Sao Paulo Lab

Smoking outside

Sao Paulo -  A yellow strip limits the area  for smokers and their butts outside the bar. Butts go in the yellow painted crate. But what’s the difference between inside and out…
Giovana Pasquini – Sao Paulo Lab

Newcomers Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo -  In my guesthouse it is all working people staying there. Like me. Mostly doctors and nurses coming from neighbouring countries like Peru, Colombia or other parts of Brazil. There is…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Sunday morning cleaning

Sao Paulo -  How to keep the door open without actually opening the snack bar? As São Paulo has a warm climate, the majority of shops and snack bars do not have a…
Giovana Pasquini – Sao Paulo Lab

Is your door broken?

Sao Paulo -  Security procedure in São Paulo: store shutter closed in a Sunday morning. If the shutter breaks, the sticker teaches how to fix it: “Just Call 3333 7882” @ Av. Brigadeiro…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Working at home

Sao Paulo -  In rich neighbourhoods in São Paulo, we can see some very old houses occupied by poor families that live and work there. We call them “cortiços”. In this house the…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Look at the floor where you step on

Sao Paulo -  “I grew up in the country and learned to love things of the ground." - Message printed on the steps of the sidewalk where thousands of people rush on…
Giovana Pasquini – Sao Paulo Lab

Waiting for the bus

Sao Paulo -  The old man waiting for the bus in Paulista Avenue, an important commercial center in São Paulo. Luciana Camargo…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Home made cables (Gambiarra)

Sao Paulo -  In rich neighbourhoods, poor families make an effort  to survive. We can see that in this image. Home made internet and TV cables, called “gambiarras” in Portuguese. After years…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Ginga Brasil

Sao Paulo -  Boy wearing a yellow t-shirt, Brazilian football symbol, crosses Paulista Ave. on Sunday, dribbles the photographer as in a match. Everything is football.…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

Lost in the traffic?

Sao Paulo -  Lots of traffic signs, street name signs, wires and buildings in Av. Brigadeiro Luis Antonio. Drivers who get confused with all that information can get some help from the poster:…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab