Brett in Brazil: May 2008

It's hard to believe 100 days have gone by already. Actually, today, May 15th, is my 102nd day here. You don't seem to realize how fast the march of time actually is until you look back at the footprints you have left behind. Or, in the case of this post, those footprints you chose to immortalize. I must apologize, I've been very bad about sharing the pictures I've taken while in this land, aside from those I've used to supplement my writing. To date, I've taken 1355 photos - a healthy 90 or so per week. The wealth of subjects to snap here is unbelievable, though maybe that's simply because I'm a foreigner and everything different around me is naturally photo worthy. Whatever it is that has made Brazil so photogenic for me, what's certain is that I will forever be in its debt for the way in which such a diversity of subjects has helped me hone that intimate connection between subject, eye, and index finger. Here is a small collection of those subjects that have screamed out for me to immortalize them over the last 102 days. Espero que desfrutem!

Palmeiras, Parque Municipal, Belo Horizonte

House Plant on the veranda of my first apartment, Belo Horizonte

Old City, Vitória

Path through a coffee farm, Santa Maria de Jetibá

Vendor and his prey, Praia da Costa, Vitória

Tree, Praia da Costa, Vitória

Military Police intervene in an after-party scuffle outside my first apartment, Belo Horizonte

Bench with fallen tree flowers, PUC-Minas campus, Belo Horizonte

Mineirão soccer stadium during the Cruzeiro - Ituiutaba semifinal match in the Copa Mineira, Belo Horizonte

Fans react after Cruzeiro's first goal of the game (which Cruzeiro won 3-1, going on to beat rival Atlético 5-0 and 1-0 in the finals to win the Copa Mineira)