Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis, Douglas B, Bharani, Philippe and Roger Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 6:31 AM, lluisripollphotography < lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > Very nice set Jayanand, impressive the museum in Sao Paolo! A pleasure see > also Alastair and Helen. > > Thanks for sharing > Lluis > > > > El 22 febr 2017, a les 13:08, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > va escriure: > > > > I suddenly discovered that I had not put up my photographs taken during > our > > couple of days in Sao Paulo on the way to the Pantanal in Brazil in > August > > last year. Rio was hosting the Olympics at that time, so we decided to go > > via Sao Paulo, a decision made easy by the fact that a very good friend > of > > mine, Armando Bruck, a regular street photography cohort in Chennai over > > the preceding three years, had relocated to his home town of Sao Paulo. > In > > fact it was the best decision we made, because Armando, being a local, > took > > us to various nooks and corners of Sao Paulo, something we would not have > > dared to do by ourselves, given the city's fearsome reputation of being > one > > of the most dangerous cities in the world. > > > > Armando on his BMW: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160807-3531.jpg.html > > > > On the afternoon of the day Neela & I arrived, before Alastair and Helen > > Firkin had joined us from Australia, we took a half day guided tour of > Sao > > Paulo > > > > Parque Trianon is a small swathe of natural, native forest, carefully > > preserved in the heart of Sao Paulo: > > > > Exercise: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160807-3539.jpg.html > > > > Privacy: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160807-3542.jpg.html > > > > Family: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160807-3545.jpg.html > > > > Avenida Paulista, or Paulista Avenue, is the commercial heart of Sao > Paulo, > > Brazil's commercial capital, and is closed to traffic on Sundays, so the > > people take over: > > > > Busker: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160807-3552.jpg.html > > > > Traffic Lite: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160807-3559.jpg.html > > > > Sap Paulo is a city full of superb museums, funded by the coffee barons > > over the years. The Sao Paulo Museum of Art on Avenida Paulista is given > > over to Western Art, from the middle ages to the present: > > > > Classics: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160807-3563.jpg.html > > > > Neela and the Modiglianis: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160807-3569.jpg.html > > > > Inspection: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160807-3572.jpg.html > > > > The next day, reunited at last, the Firkins and the Govindarajs set off > for > > a walk to the sprawling, huge Ibirapuera Park near our hotel in the safe > > side of town: > > > > Trio: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160808-3583.jpg.html > > > > Black Swan: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Sao+ > Paulo/Sao+Paulo-20160808-3596.jpg.html > > > > Please see LARGE > > > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >