“Sao Paulo”

The Bishop

Sao Paulo -  Sergio, or the bishop as his friends call him, educates himself reading the magazines he finds in people’s rubbish while sorting the recyclable waste. 
Sergio is happy here with life under the open sky. A roof over his head would make him feel oppressed. His parents abandoned him when he was a baby. An aunt took care of him for a few years but from the age of six he had to fend for himself on the streets. 
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Thata€™s the way

Sao Paulo -  The car broked? Call a friend and ask him to come by car and with a good current. A good way to “squeal” your vehicle to the nearest service station…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Taxi drivers dominoes

Sao Paulo -  Way to wait for customers. Taxi drivers play games (dominoes) while they wait for a phone call. Sao Paulo, Vila Madalena…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Taxi Driver

Sao Paulo -  The population of old people has increased and there are many retirees working on new fronts. Quiet, the taxi driver’s waiting for the phone to ring and if you need…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Sunday morning

Sao Paulo -  Sunday morning, father and son will go out in the Ibirapuera Park, the biggest in São Paulo. A good way to forgot the stress the week and enjoy the family…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Streeteconomist in rain

Sao Paulo -  A man runs from car to car and hangs a few sweets in a special plastic cover on the car mirrors. Who started this way of offering sweets?…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Street economics

Sao Paulo -  The sweets are manually packed. Not many people do buy the package.…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Sportsman of the rain

Sao Paulo -  Rain or shine, the athletes pass and down to make a long race in the Ibirapuera Park. This is turning back the race. Sao Paulo, Rua Manuel da Nóbrega -…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Some people are waiting

Sao Paulo -  Whith an improvised hat, they wait until the rain go away. Sao Paulo, Rua Martim Franscisco – Santa Cecília, 21 th November 2009 by Giovana Pasquini…
Giovana Pasquini – Sao Paulo Lab

Take Care

Sao Paulo -  The board of the building on reforms announces “WARNING: Do not park nearby, subject to splashes of paint. A way to exempt from liability. Rua Antonio de Oliveira, Chácara Santo…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Sucata

Sao Paulo -  Useless? For a shipper will always be useful, even if it is to sell for scrap. Rua Antonio de Oliveira, Chácara Santo Antonio, December the 3rd 2009 by Luciana Camargo…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Street-economy Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo -  There is less mobile business then in Lagos Nigeria.
 Mobile business men: the key chain holder. Mobile business of a greengrocer. In the traffic jam we see entertainers:…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Street advertisement?

Sao Paulo -  Sao Paulo forbade advertisements in public space so I have heard. I expected empty walls. On the contrary there are murals everywhere. Art, advertisement? I do not know. It does…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Sound installation CD vendor

Sao Paulo -  From street to street you enter new music clouds. Together with the Styrofoam boxes on wheels these are the mobile shops of São Paulo.…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Sunny Sunday

Sao Paulo -  People and cyclists in Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo on a sunny Sunday. People searching for health, entertainment, fun and a healthy body. Luciana Camargo…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Stuck

Sao Paulo -  These buildings look like to be infinite from the outside, inside you seem to get stuck. Sao Paulo, Rua Dr Bento Teobaldo Ferraz - Barra Funda, 25th November 2009 by…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Street or sidewalk?

Sao Paulo -  São Paulo’s unplanned urbanization sometimes causes some confusion. Streets which look like sidewalks. Or maybe it’s the sidewalks which look like streets? As there is no easy answer, pedestrians and…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Stop all cars

Sao Paulo -  Sao Paulo is one of the cities with more traffic jam in Brazil, in the end of the day, with one reaching 160km of traffic delays, nothing better than leave…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Sound asleep

Sao Paulo -  Sleeping in the middle of a busy shopping street is safer than sleeping in a hidden corner, and  the small ants in the parks are very aggressive. There are…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Sunday morning cleaning

Sao Paulo -  How to keep the door open without actually opening the snack bar? As São Paulo has a warm climate, the majority of shops and snack bars do not have a…
Giovana Pasquini – Sao Paulo Lab

Stripes

Sao Paulo -  Pedestrian with umbrella during rain avenue through the city of Sao Paulo. Avenida Paulista, photo by Marcelo Ferrelli…
Marcelo Ferrelli – Sao Paulo Lab

Street or river?

Sao Paulo -  Street flooded with water during heavy spring rain. Barra Funda - São Paulo - 20/11/09 - foto por Sylvia Sanchez…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Stop

Sao Paulo -  Nowadays in Sao Paulo is difficult to know if there are more cars or motocycles roaming the streets. Is to easy to buy a motorcycle and also many opportunities in…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

sorting oil

Sao Paulo -  The catadores are organised in a coöperative with equal rights. The young women are sorting out bottles of oil. It is an informal but highly specialized profession.…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab