I’m usually shooting video on assignment. Too often, stills are second priority and I never have enough time. However, when I go out in the streets, I have this compelling desire to capture the essence of the street–documentary style–a story in every frame–a thousand stories in a single image. I don’t consider it stealing, although, I try to take the spirit of a place with me.  I try to be invisible so that I and my camera don’t interrupt the realness of the moment. I rarely succeed. At least, that’s how it feels. Sometimes I get lucky and freeze the moment I was seeing in my mind.  People are my favorite and hardest to shoot. I love to capture the stories that are written in the lines of faces and hands, or, deeply etched on the soul through the eyes–stories I can only invent–stories you will see differently. Perhaps our own stories are written by the ways and means with which we see the world.

Brazil is exciting, vibrant, constantly moving. The scenery is diverse and beautiful. So, too, are the people.

Elbow grease, or just paint, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Relaxin’ at the Sao Paulo Opera House.

Could be their next album cover–On the steps of the Grand Theater, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

So, so weary. Homeless in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Officially watching traffic in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

This man waits for the bus in Curitiba, Brazil.

Speed and motion in Curitiba, Brazil.

There are many ways to stretch in Curitiba, Brazil.

Product placement? Or just an ad for Adidas?

A mother and daughter aren’t pleased in Olinda, Brazil.

Waiting, just waiting on the street in Olinda, Brazil.

Windows without glass, Olinda, Brazil.

Sao Paulo Brazil has a colorful mix of ethnicities.

Sittin’ on the dock of the bay…Recife, Brazil.

Brazilian boys wait for the right moment to jump in to the Beberibe River, in Recife, Brazil.

A family takes a boat ride on the Beberibe river in Recife. Brazil.

Rowing and relaxing on the Capibaribe river, Recife.

The King still lives on the streets of São Paulo.

Music is not just a part of life in Brazil, it is life.

These street singers make up the lyrics to the songs they sing, as they sing them.

Musicians advance the rich heritage of Brazilian music on the streets of Recife.

Colorful murals are a part of the landscape in Brazil.

This indigenous street vendor is happy to make a sale in Olinda, Brazil.

A Brazilian family out for a stroll.