“Ze Carlos Barretta”

Wait Please

Sao Paulo -  Intercom for communication. The issue of security is present in all buildings and homes. The walls, the bars are essencial items in any residencial construction. We have got used to…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Vertigo

Sao Paulo -  Car goes through tunnel in high speed. São Paulo is a very dinamic city where everybody seems to hurry. Its streets are made for the movement of vehicles putting in…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Train arriving at Luz station

Sao Paulo -  Train arriving at Luz station, São Paulo downtown. Trains are used just for the access to periphery and adjacent cities. There is no railway network in Brazil connecting cities. Areas…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Old fashioned

Sao Paulo -  ‘Plate men on Republica square. Remain still all day becoming almost invisible in the crowd offering services of gold business and employment vacancy. Its a form of communication and work…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Fun at Santa Cecilia Square

Sao Paulo -  Despite the problem of violence in the whole country, man have fun shooting a toy gun in a fairground (kermesse) on Santa Cecilia square, São Paulo downtown.…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Changing Landscape

Sao Paulo -  Workers build a giant Christmas tree. Is remarkable how fast the urban landscape can change, is the construction of a bridge, a new street, buildings or even Christmas trees. The…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

The Moving City

Sao Paulo -  The city that moves constantly. People coming and going, quickly, worried with their schedules and compromises. Access to Bandeira Bus terminal. Zé Barretta.…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Joy of Life

Sao Paulo -  Children have fun playing football in an improvised field in the middle of a slum. That slum is located next to the railway and the Luz station, in an old…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Fearless child

Sao Paulo -  Child looks Santa Claus doll in a showcase of a store in Eldorado Shopping Center. Shopping Center is one of the few public places that people can stay comfortable, fearless…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

A weird form of art?

Sao Paulo -  Toilets filled with sand thrown on sidewalk. Apparently, they should have been used as pots for plants in a way of recycling or even art, but are abandoned now.…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Running for health

Sao Paulo -  Street running racing. Those racing are becoming very popular in town. It’s a way to encourage people to practice exercises with a popular and low cost sport that attracts more…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Improvised Moving

Sao Paulo -  Little truck carries a move in an improvised and precarious way by the streets of São Paulo. avenida 23 de maio. Foto de Zé Carlos Barretta.…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Concrete against Nature

Sao Paulo -  Tietê river. Main river crossing the city of São Paulo. Was canalized in the process of urbanization and construction of riverside express road. During rain period could occur overflowing of…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

A small detail

Sao Paulo -  Motel in Brasil is a place where couples go exclusively to have sex, differently from Hotel. Some small hotels, specially next to prostitution areas usually have the lettering a ‘H’…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Recreating life

Sao Paulo -  It’s said Sao Paulo is a grey city, because of the constructions, asphalt everywhere and the buildings blocking the horizon, leaving little space for parks and gardens. But nature has…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Gaining a little more

Sao Paulo -  How to get a little bit more space for the rubbish? simple, take something that can be used as wall, like some doors for example, put it laterally in a…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Chilean hippie-like sells his stuff

Sao Paulo -  I don’t know if he lives like a hippie, but works as one, selling handicrafts on Paulista avenue, a place where you can find a lot of hippies from all…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab