Participating Artists Press Agency
Monday 14th of October 2024 – page 1
Sao Paulo -
Every day, SP is “everfloaded†with several kilometers of traffic jams. But the city where “no time can be lost†can not wait. Hence thousands of motorcicles are everywhere around…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
Are you taking a trip, with lots of luggage and will have to wait for the bus schedule? Make yourself at home: place your bags close to you and sit…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
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
Sao Paulo -
Street flooded with water during heavy spring rain.
Barra Funda - São Paulo - 20/11/09 - foto por Sylvia Sanchez…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
The speed limit signs are not enough to “indoctrinate" São Paulo drivers. To try to control speed and reduce the large number of accidents, several cameras were installed along major…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
Physical moving: buses, cars, motorcycles. Information moving: man with a cell phone and women talking to each other while waiting ("standing still") to cross the street.
Av. Rebouças - São…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
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
Sao Paulo -
You want to sell some kitchen towels, but do not have a tent? Use the bed of trees as “display".
Barra Funda - SP - 06/12/09 - pic. by Sylvia…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
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
Sao Paulo -
Laborer walks on viaduct. In the background, a modern high-rise building. The worker looks so small. This is Sao Paulo. Buildings grow upward. Humans sometimes are pushed down.
Viaduto sobre…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
Barra Funda neighborhood is characterized by very large blocks, which make life difficult for pedestrians. To shorten paths: a “passage" is opened up, through the middle of a land yet…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
Very high buildings being built in an area where there are still few builings. It’s the city growing vertical. Barra Funda - SP - 06/12/09 - pic. by Sylvia Sanchez…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
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
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
Sao Paulo -
Concrete, buildings, mountains, trees, cars, circus, fireworks. Urban life, beautiful scenery (sometimes hidden), speed, culture, celebration. Sao Paulo summarized.
Viaduto sobre Av. Francisco Matarazzo - SP - pic. by Sylvia…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
Several garbage bags lying on the street - waiting for collection. With rain, garbage falling outside the bags loads into the “boeiros†- favoring floods. Meanwhile, the plastic trash can…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
Street vendors usually work standing all day long. Except those who carry their chairs together with their sales materials.
Barra Funda - SP - 06/12/09 - pic. by Sylvia Sanchez…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
Neighbours rest and chat on the sidewalk in the evening in Vila Madalena. A break on the run from the big city.…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
São Paulo’s unplanned urbanization sometimes causes some confusion. Streets which look like sidewalks. Or maybe it’s the sidewalks which look like streets? As there is no easy answer, pedestrians and…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
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 -
Do you work in the streets, near a bridge, with a boring work which requires you to stand up all the time? Reduce your tiredness sitting under the overpass, eating…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
There are so many bikes around that sometimes SP looks like a great Motocross track. However, the bus at the background of the image makes it clear that it is…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab
Sao Paulo -
Man talking on the phone close to his window - probably trying to get a mobile signal. In neigbourhoods with many buildings, mobile phone signals fails often enough (especially on…
Sylvia Sanchez –
Sao Paulo Lab