Smile!

This craftsman was on a such happy conversation with a friend that caught my attention. I made the picture and he asked if I was photographing him or his work. I replied that I tried to photograph his joy.

The orange sky of Curitiba

Again I was surprised by the sky as seen from the living room window of my house. This tone is closer to the orange that is said to be quite common in the pictures of the sky in Curitiba. It seems that something was torched.

The São Francisco Ruins and the airplane

The photo shows in addition to the airplane on a panoramic flight over Curitiba, a partial view of the São Francisco ruins of the never completed church of Sao Francisco de Paula. In 1811 the main chapel and the sacristy was parcially built, but in 1860 the stones that would finish the construction were used to complete the tower of the old Cathedral.

Some say that a certain pirate (!) had a treasure hidden in tunnels in this region. The site has an amphitheater and space for trade under the bleachers, forming what is called "Arcades of the Ruins".

Curitiba Convention Center

The old Vitoria Movie Theater at Barão do Rio Branco street, was the biggest movie theater of Curitiba (with 1800 seats) in a project of Lothair Seigert of November 20, 1964, was closed in January 1987 after 23 years of existence. It was acquired by the State Government in order to host the Convention Center of Curitiba. It has 8426 square meters of construction, divided into three blocks and four auditoriums, two with 184 seats, one with 215 and another with 900 seats.

The last grocery store in downtown

In Curitiba, the big supermarket chains (national and international) have suffocated the small groceries, forcing them to shut their doors forever. Rare are those who resist and persist in their small business. Those brave ones are special because their grocery stores are humanized, personal, where you and the owner of the establishment are know each other by name.

The fruit stand of the photo is probably the only one I know in downtown. It is located at Alameda Dr. Carlos de Carvalho, between the Voluntários da Pátria and Ermelino de Leão Streets. I was passing by car at Carlos de Carvalho and I saw the girl shooting the grocery store and I believe, its owner. So, I photographed the photographer and the object of her interest. The colorful fruit stall always made it a little nicer this stretch of street.

Osório Square and the Asa Building

This photo was taken from the rooftop on the Voluntários da Pátria street at Curitiba Downtown. From that point we can observe the Osório Square and Asa Building, where I lived with my parents for over 12 years. Talking about my parents, they are coming to our home today for a Sunday barbecue lunch.

Theme day: Statues

This is a picture of a statue known as the “Drooling Horse” (the official name is “The Memory Fountain”). It is said to be the most popular street work of art in Curitiba because 18,000 people watch it every Sunday. The visit to the statue is not intentional since all those people are there for the Largo da Ordem crafts fair, but anyway, it makes the Droolong Horse very popular. The sculpture was created by the artist Ricardo Tod in 1995.

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