Sugar Loaf is probably one of the most visited spots in the city of Rio de Janeiro and it is very easy to understand why.
I thought it would be impossible to shoot without repeating what millions of other photographers, amateurs or not, have already done.
However, I have changed my mind:
Impossible is to portray all the beauty seen from above there.
Iriri (/eereeree/), in the state of Espírito Santo, just north of Rio de Janeiro, is a bless.
Not much to say about it, but a lot to enjoy.
They were shot from about the same angle, but in different seasons (same year). How could I possibly pass my feelings of wonder and peace on, if not by the means of trying to make you see what my eyes looked at and my camera captured?
there was this idea that nowhere within Brazil could one find a way out of the mess (considering my own opinion about this popular party).
“Venda Nova” is a place where familiar agriculture, mainly coffee plantation, moves the economy, which is, in most cases, run by Italian immigrant successors providing great food, wine and countryside experiences. Needed to say that not only during “carnaval”, but at any time of the year one may enjoy all that.
However, once in Niterói, there’s much to see if we don’t keep staring just at the other side of the bay that separates these two cities. Here we can find nice people, a calmer environment - since it is a smaller city than its most famous neighbor - beautiful beaches and many other interesting atractions.
We have just entered a new year that comes with new perspectives and hopes of love, peace and beauty as it happens every morning when the first beams of light hit the Earth.
The Brazilian northeast region is a special place for enjoying such feelings. Ceará, one of the nine states in that region, for example, is called The Sunlight State, which is justified by the images shown here and the ones I posted under the title “It's SUMMER time!! ”
