LEExposure 35 Nikon D3X with 70-200mm f/2.8 lens at 200mm, 1/1000sec at f/5, ISO 100
is one of the rising stars of the Brazilian photography scene. A chance to work in Rio? Oh, go on then. Patricia organised for me to fly to Rio for two weekend workshops, sorting out costs, flights and much of the logistics. My only problem? I had never been to Brazil in my life, let alone Rio, so where would I start? My worries were ill-founded. The day after I landed, I was introduced to Príamo and we hit it off straightaway
– although it took a few days for him to get used to my sense of humour (having said that, it takes a few days for anyone to get used to it…). Príamo had already been running some of his own workshops from Casa da Ladeira, a centre for visual arts run by a small band of like-minded photographers. Príamo already had a very loyal following of customers and they were invited to attend the workshop – RIO I, as it came to be known (we are now organising >> RIO