Tag Archives: Brasil

Blind by lnrdveras

Posted on January 26, 2016 by agogo22

I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight. From 500px http://ift.tt/1OJr9Ac https://bestpicpicpic.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/blind-by-lnrdveras/

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Portinhola I by guilhermelazaromendes

Posted on January 25, 2016 by agogo22

Photos taken on Pedrinhas State Penitentiary, Maranhao, Brazil, in January 2015. These photos are part of the homonymous book, written by Guilherme Mendes, about the most violent jail in Brazil. From 500px http://ift.tt/1S2KnoB https://bestpicpicpic.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/portinhola-i-by-guilhermelazaromendes/

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Carnival in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil – The wildest parties on the planet!

Posted on January 7, 2016 by agogo22

Every year, five days before Ash Wednesday and prior to Lent, Brazil celebrates its most outrageous party of the year welcoming thousands of guests who want to experience the biggest carnival in the world. While Rio de Janeiro is often … Continue reading →

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Nature | Exploring caves

Posted on October 23, 2015 by agogo22

Follow Us On Twitter People With Depression Can Have A Good Day? Description from photographer if any: By j_bispo Source: 500px.com https://thepicturesshow.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/nature-exploring-caves/

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Shrimp Cocktail Paraíba (Camarão ao Vinagrete)

Posted on October 22, 2015 by agogo22

Shrimp Cocktail Paraíba (Camarão ao Vinagrete) For the vinagrete: 1 medium red or white onion, chipped 2 ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1 medium green pepper, seeded and chopped 1 Tbsp cilantro, chopped 1 Tbsp green onion, green part only, … Continue reading →

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Suicide Up Close in São Paulo

Posted on September 30, 2015 by agogo22

I’ve never seen a jumper up close. Suicide where someone leaps off a tall building is always what you see in movies and usually a hero comes and talks the jumper out of leaping to their death. However, after I … Continue reading →

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Funny Brazilian expressions!

Posted on September 29, 2015 by agogo22

A Brazilian… man doesn’t ‘have sex’, he dips the cookie. Or, he drowns the goose doesn’t ‘give up’ or ‘retire’, he hangs his football boots doesn’t ‘get drunk’, he puts his foot inside a jackfruit doesn’t ‘have a problem’, he is fried isn’t … Continue reading →

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Stratum

Posted on September 29, 2015 by agogo22

What a whirlwind crazy 9 months.  I spent the last 9 months creating new work for a duo show with the fantastically talented Naomi Scheck.  She asked me if I would be interested in exhibiting my work with her and … Continue reading →

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Some interesting facts!

Posted on September 26, 2015 by agogo22

There is Ronaldo da Silva prison in Santa Rita Do Sapucai, Brazil allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles that power street lights in a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences.  In another program, prisons is Brazil offer their prisoners … Continue reading →

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Candomblé & Reading Spiritual Signs Courtesy of Medeiros

Posted on September 11, 2015 by agogo22

I traveled to Brazil on my twenty-second birthday and Candomblé — admittedly, spirituality in general — was something I tended to dismiss as folkloric and time-wasting before then. I attended a primary Catholic school and have lasting memories of corrupting … Continue reading →

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