jaume plensa fountain towers, chicago

friday night jam

our monthly neighborhood jam at alan's studio. 

brazil

praia vermelha

the iconic cristo redentor, an art deco statue built between 1922 and 1931, crowns corcovado mountain. as seen from pão de açúcar.

igreja carmo e convento do carmo, salvador de bahia

casa de yemanjá, rio vermelho, 1972. this is the headquarters of the local fisherman's colony. the writer jorge amado helped fund the construction. yemanjá is the patron orixá of fishermen.

procession at igreja of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim