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  Performances +events          
      Gift on the Water/Omi Odára - Viver Brazil 2008 - The mystery of the water, its vitality and the responsibility to keep it clear wash across the stage through sacred tales of Afro-Brazilian water spirits - [full essay]      
     Saudade
project and choreography by David Rousseve
     Bridge: Choreographic Dialogues
Featuring 4 of Israel's leading and most creative contemporary choreographers for the first time at UCLA - full essay
     Emerginv Voices at JAT four high school groups presented their colaborative work at Japan American Theatre - Hawaii Halau Keali'i O Nalani; India Shakti School of Bharatanatyam; Mexico Mariachi Tesoro de San Fernando; and USA Crenshaw High School Elite Choir - full essay  
     Emerging Voices retreat at UCLA - workshop on spiritual music and dance traditions from Hawaii Halau Keali'i O Nalani; India Shakti School of Bharatanatyam; Mexico Mariachi Tesoro de San Fernando; and USA Crenshaw High School Elite Choir -      Gamelan Çudamani US Tour 2007 During October and November 2007, the tour included several Universities of the East Coast, West Coast and Canada -      Global Mala Honors Yoga Kippur on UN International Day of Peace. - panoramas - full essay  
     The Untold Story of Three Tragic Women of the Ramayana by Mythili Prakash - full essay      Self Enlightenment donation trip to Tijuana One of many trips done by this group of volunteers to help an Orphanage and a villa in Tijuana - full essay      Tribute to John Rauch at Temple Isaiah June 2007- full essay  
     Santa Fe Art Colony Open Studios in May 2007 - Los Angeles - full essay      Playing Between by Cynthia Lee at GKH at UCLA      Long Beach Grand Prix 2007 and ALMS race - full essay - crops  
     UC Regents' Lecture by Ong Keng Sen - at GKH at UCLA      MFA 2007 performance at GKH at UCLA     New Chance - CAM workshop participants at RUFA, Phnom Penh, Cambodia - full essay  
    Phnom Penh - Khmer Arts Academy rehearsal     Ocean Charter Fair - for the pleasure of charity - [full essay] - [panos]     Xmas in Pasadena - by the Salvation Army  
    Yuval Ron Ensemble, a Concert for Unity at LMU - [full essay] - [sketches]     at the Brewery, short visit to open studios in downtown LA    APPEX fellowship at UCLA: Final performance II - [full essay]  
  APPEX fellowship at UCLA: Final performance I - [full essay]   APPEX fellowship at UCLA: Salon Two [full essay]   APPEX fellowship at UCLA: Salon One - [full essay]  
    Brazilian Day in LA, at the tar pits museum - [full essay] - [panos]     Synergy, dance, rythms and colors at the Ford - [full essay]     Bharata Natyam dance, in studio  
    Salon One, by APPEX fellowship at UCLA - [full essay]     Mo Ife: Love Stories, by Viver Brazil - [full essay]     Raj Rang, at UCLA - Music & Dance from Rajasthan, India - [full essay]  
    Raj Rang, preview - Music & Dance from Rajasthan, India - [full essay]   colorsSanta Fe Art Community open studios weekend - [full essay]    B Fest - Indian, Balinese and Break dance at James Armstrong Theater - [full essay]  
   Flor de Serena - Mystic Flower Performance Series    Chian Mai performing arts , music, dance & ritual from Northern Thailand - [full essay]   ..Jin Hook and Jose Reynoso at Glorya Kaufman Hall, UCLA - [full essay]  
    Krumpin, emerging from the streets of LA     CAM artists, dress rehearsal at Glorya Kauffman Hall   A Short and Sweet Epiphany aka Dia de los Reyes at Tropico de Nopal Gallery, the best gallery in town  
  Nossa Sra de Nazare, procession by the river   Dia de los MuertosDia de los Muertos at Tropico de Nopal Gallery, the best gallery in town...   at the beachWorld Festival of Sacred Music - Los Angeles 2005  
  Huayucaltia at SJCLKenny Endo at San Juan Capistrano Libray - Kenny took the stage for a session with the Taiko Gods... [full essay] + mosaic   Huayucaltia at SJCLHuayucaltia at San Juan Capistrano Libray - exceptional combination of traditional and modern music from South America, with touches of Spain + Jazz - [full essay]   Sail Youth ProgramLAMI - sail training on board of Brigantine Exy Johnson for the The Topsail Youth Program - [full essay] - in the harbor  
      WFSM house partyWFSM House Party at Jodie's [full essay] - nature - xtra - second fund raising event for the Festival of Sacred Music   San Pedro harborSan Pedro harbor - early-mid morning shots while waiting for a meeting...  
  CuauhtemocCuauhtemoc in San Pedro [full essay] - the crew [full essay] the sailors on top of the sails singing while leaving the harbor was a powerful moment...   the pierthe pier - [full essay] the pier was also intense... emotions and the prescence of the city officials honoring the ship...
- one panorama

  Around the harboraround the harbor - [full essay] Top Sail Youth program present with Irving Johnson and Exy Johnson brigantines...  
  Waldemar BastosWaldemar Bastos - California Plaza
Honored to see Waldemar Bastos in California again - [full essay] -
and at San Juan Capistrano - [full essay]
  Maria de BarrosMaria de Barros - California Plaza
Beautifull Maria singing at the Plaza... it was such a nice evening... - [full essay]
  Kurdish musicians (from Northern Iraq) at UCLA  
  Balloon festivalBalloon festival Temecula amazing event... colorful, exciting, energetic... - [full essay]   ÇudamaniÇudamani - Balinese
dance and music
- the magic essence of the village transported to the stage
[full essay]
  Bike hill climbBike hill climb at Fargo St. in old Los Angeles a not so old event - [full essay]  
  Santa AnitaSanta Anita morning workout - the energy of racing horses early in the moring light   Women sing for lifeBrazil, Women sing for Life - fundraising event of the Brazilian Women's Group   Brazilian modern choro ensembleBrazilian Modern
Choro Ensemble
at the Getty
 
  Galungan ceremonyGalungan ceremony - the new years' ceremony at a small temple   the big cremation big cremation Ubud, Bali   Legong danceLegong dance - Çudamani performance in Pengosekan, Ubud, Bali  
  Topeng danceTopeng dance Çudamani performance in Pengosekan, Ubud, Bali   Wayang GambuWayang Gambu special performance with only flutes and drums   the island of Balithe island of Bali
a Malibu exhibit 2003
 
  Deer parkRetreat at Deer Park - new small monastery created by Thich Nhat Han in Encinitas   Out of space exhibitOut of Space exhibit - playing with light and a maze of planes   TribalandTribaland at 705  
  Carmen GuzmãoCarmen Gusmão at Andre Monlleo Gallery, Sta Barbara - Carmen Gusmão site   La gran despedidaLa Gran Despedida: Campos-Romario / Mexico-Brazil -[the day before]   As MeninasAs Meninas at the Ford Amphitheatre  
  Media meetingMedia meeting at the Ford Amphitheatre          
             
   
  People        
     Rap singers Gina, Essential and Sabela
walking around Sepulveda Wildlife sanctuary
     Tea with Julien, Carolyne and Yuval
we had tea and a nice conversation under the grapevines...
     Bridge: Choreographic Dialogues
4 of Israel's leading and most creative contemporary choreographers for the first time at UCLA - After party
 
    Abbot Kinney fair... exposure of minds and bodies... best of -     In Siem Reap there is a foundation, Artisans d'Angkor, that teaches young people the art of wood carving, stone carving, lacquering and gilding and paiting... best of - full essay     at the Silk Farm they teach the complete cycle of silk, from growing the trees that will be used to feed the worms, to the worms cultivation, the building of the threads, color dying, and finally the art of weaving. best of - full essay  
    Children... After the war that killed a whole generation, what you most see in Cambodia are children and old people... best of - full essay     The grown ups are also interesting with their faces carved in a life that has put them to test many times... best of - full essay     people do not have showers at home, so very often you see people having a shower in public places like this sequence - shower  
    Roads are full of bicycles and ways of carrying things from one place to another... always plenty of action best of - full essay     in Phnom Penh people live a life outside. Very nice to see the park used as in the old days in front of the Royal Palace - full essay     Phnom Penh... no public transportation cyclos and tuk tuks are the best way to move around... - full essay  
    people's life in the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia (by the Mekong River) - [sunset pano] - [full essay]     There are several markets in Phnom Penh. Most known and largest are the Central and the Russian Markets.     Living by the Tonlé Sap and Tonlé Thom (Mekong) Rivers - Phnom Penh, Cambodia - [full essay] - [panos]  
    Fishing in the Tonlé Sap and Tonlé Thom (Mekong) Rivers - Phnom Penh, Cambodia - [full essay]     Make a difference day in Santa Clarita - [xtras] - [panos]     Just a visit to the fair... the Tattoo fair...! - [ full essay ]    
  Serra de Baturité - Ceará - rustic life in the nothern state   People waking up at Serraria Pequena at the Amazon river and close to Ilha de Marajó   Dna Gitoca - the legendary matriarcal chief that lives and outlives her relatives... Serraria Pequena, Para  
  Girl - just a girl living by the big river... or also known as the Amazon river   people in OlindaPeople around Olinda, Pernambuco - early life in town, maracatu, gregorian chants... - [ full essay ]     people in RecifePeople around Recife, Pernambuco - traffic clowns, beach, city  
  Wine festivalWine festival Temecula great place to taste and enjoy wine, see nice people and listen great music - full essay
  Wild mustangs adoptionRodeo girls they are young, beautiful and skilful with their animals...   musiciansmusicians private gig - friends and instruments gathering  
  Legong makeupLegong makeup young girls getting ready for a performance  
 
  Rustic faces in BaliRustic faces and other rustics around the village in Pengosekan, Ubud, Bali  
  Dickens and CompanyDickens and Company Christmas Carolers - 2004   Lucy NicholsonLucy Nicholson at the soccer field   Kite-flying extravaganzaHeart Strings... A Kite-Flying Extravaganza in Long Beach - 2004 - full essay  
  LACDG at the GettyLACDG at the Getty   Record InternationalRecord International - breakfast at Glendale new facilities - 2004   Oak Creek campgroundOak Creek campground + around the Eastern Sierra  
  Texts from BrazilTexts from Brazil: Brazilian Popular Music
The Consulate General of Brazil - March 31, 2004
  Faces from Bali - short strips with little stories about people's faces Faces from Bali   Brewery Art showBrewery Art Show  
             
   
  Nature         
    Hummingbirds... flying fast but stopping in plain air... nature marvel - full essay         Huntington Gardens ... desert plants in San Marino, Pasadena - full essay  
     cherry trees blooming in Balboa Lake... time for pictures...     short visit to the Getty Museum... - [full essay]     Descanso Gardens on Sunday at noon - [full essay]  
   Point Dune, Malibu, California, the day I got drunk of sky - [full essay] - [panos]   ..a small offer to life...   live with colors  
  end of life - a dying flower
  Pelican at the Wild Animal Park in San Diego   Sea life in Canoa Quebrada - Ceará - early morning... and a jangada going to the sea  
  Rain in the big river - Amazon River I mean...   Around Serraria Pequena - afternoon, rain, sunset - close encounter with the Amazon river life   Reserve Ekinox - Macapá, early morning encounter with the forest and The River  
  Descanso GardensDescanso Gardens
Descanso gardens is open til 8pm during the summer (Thursdays) - [ full essay ]
  elephant sealsElephant Seals - great colony by the sea by the California Highway one   Wild mustangs adoptionWild Mustangs + burros adoption - every two years Los Angeles can adopt them - [full essay]  
  Figueroa mountainsFigueroa mountain + 101 spring 2004 will remain in our eyes and memories for many years   At an old wineryAt an old winery - the sun working and creating beauty   Descanso gardensDescanso Gardens - one more place where spring comes with full power - full essay  
  Death Valley wildflowersDeath Valley wildflowers it took 100+ years for some flowers to boom again - [ full essay ] California   Fullerton ArboretumFullerton Arboretum one more sacred garden in LA - [ full essay ] + Balboa Park   Arboretumat the Arboretum one of the great gardens in LA during blooming seaon  
  early morning flowersearly morning flowers in San Luis Obispo   Easter SierraOak Creek + Eastern Sierra camping under the stars   Nature in BaliNature in Bali 2004 oximorom as Bali is always natural  
  nature at Joshua Treetantalizing nature the garden in the desert  
 
  Joshua Tree ParkJoshua Tree Park
a close contact with nature
 
  MoonLunar Eclipse   fresh from the marketfresh from the market   SunsetsSunsets - and panoramas  
             
   
  Places         
    El Capitan Canyon - camping by the sea     Mulholland - mountains and greenery...     inside a warehouse... during a SideStreets.org Project class in Pasadena...  
      .DC... walking around... Smithsonian... White House - [full essay]
     
  .NYC - view from one only window   .Philly... where life is still at walking distance - [full essay]
  .Randolph - stopping by for lunch
 
  .Richmond   . Freeways + Sunset around Swarthmore   .Ithaca  
    visit to Avalon... in Catalina Island, California... - panos - full essay- panos2     Grand Central Market... in downtown Los Angeles... colors and shapes... mouth watering images...- full essay     Sunny Sunday... in downtown Los Angeles...  
  Mosque and oficial buildings in Putrajaya, Malaysia     Chrysler... old one, in Malibu car wash...     Venice and Santa Monica at Sunset, California in winter...  
    Short trip to the Getty Museum in Santa Monica best of - full essay     Siem Reap, Cambodia - Angkor Wat, surrounded by a large moat and enclosed in a stone wall... endless galleries, covered with bas-reliefs... best of - full essay     Bayon, a temple from the 13th century, with what's has being described as "the most striking expression of the 'baroque' style", compared to the classical style of Angkor Wat.... Also images of Ta Keo... best of - full essay  
    the markets are no as rich and crazy as in Phnom Penh, but still had some fun doing some shootings around... markets     The Land Mines Museum is a personal effort of Mr Aki Ra, a former child soldier of the Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese armies. landmines - Local villages are still regularly maimed or killed by landmines     Preah Khan, Neap Poan, and Ta Som... long galleries of archs and prochs, a temple of 5 pools interconnected, and one magnificent tree embeded in the stone structure at its last gate. best of - full essay  
    Ta Prohm was a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most of the others, it has been left in much the same condition in which it was found. best of - full essay     The King lives in Phnom Penh at the Royal Palace. Cambodia is the Kingdom of Cambodia... - [full essay]     from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh 5 hours along the Tonlé Sap Lake and Tonlé Sap River - panos  
    Edwards Air Force Base, airshow - [full essay]     Getty Villa, in Malibu, just remodeled - [full essay] - [panos]     Short trip to India and some tourist figures (also known as Venice Beach) during Are Krishna festival  
   Snapping the Apple (revisiting NYC after 15 years) - Day one - Day two - Day three - Day four - Day five - Day six - Day six at night - Day seven - Panoramas    Open Market Fair, Santa Clarita [full essay]  
  Santa Monica Pier and Marina del Rey Grand Canal at sunset... - [full essay] -  [panoramas]   Wild Animal Park - San Diego   Colors and shapes in Fortaleza and São Paulo  
  Rustic life in Canoa Quebrada - Ceará, northeast of Brazil... dry, hot and sand   Serraria Pequena - a community by the river   Leaving Macapá... night in the river...  
  Igarapé Fortaleza - Macapá, where the boats are repaired and life continues...   Canal das Pedrinhas - Macapá, life on the side of the big river   Macapá - APA of Rio Curiaú - capital of Amapá state at the mouth of the Amazon river  
  OlindaOlinda, Pernambuco - early mornings, serenata, gregorian chants - [full essay]   Casas de farinhaCasas de farinha, Gloria do Goitá, Pernambuco - manioc flour hand made production - [full essay]   jangadaRecife, Pernambuco - jangadas, old penintenciary, sunrise... - [full essay]  
          Los Angeles at nightLos Angeles at night a loose Canon users' group walking around the city at night time - [full essay]  
  Puddingstone reservoir Puddingstone Reservoir
capture the moment
- [full essay]
  Hsi Lai TempleHad the opportunity to visit for the first time the Hsi Lai Temple...
it was great to get to know this friendly zen community...
  the little figures -   nature
  Vertial LAVertical LA
Downtown Los Angeles looks very different at sunset
and looking up...
 
  RailRoad Historic Society - metal color rust and travel dreams [ full essay ]   Around old buildingsAround old builidngs
Visiting an old winery and other old farm structures in Chino... nice time to enjoying the past of California farms [full essay]+ tunnels of light
  Planes of famePlanes of Fame - nice airplane museum located in Chino. Packed with small planes. Several extra galleries to choose: noses, personality, wheels, one panoramic view and the [ full essay ]  
  Santa Monica MarketSanta Monica farmers market and you think that this place is only for buying food? - [ full essay ]   Santa Anita morning workoutSanta Anita morning workout - wonderful to see these powerful animals and their take carers - [ full essay ]   San FranciscoHome details -little things make a home different from another home  
  Carmel by the Sea + Big SurCarmel by the Sea + Big Sur - the pearl of the Pacific as always... magnificent...   Queen Califia's magical gardenQueen Califia's magical garden - the magic of Niki in California - [ full essay ]   Venice canalsVenice canals (California) this old neighbourhood remains misterious and delicate - [ full essay ]  
  San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo and back to LA - Christmas time  
 
  Salvador BahiaPelourinho, Bahia, Brazil at the heart of the colonial arquitecture lives a city with all its force - [ full essay ]  
  Salvador BahiaSalvador, Bahia, Brazil - [ full essay ]   Salvador BahiaBonfim, Bahia, Brazil   Cachoeira BahiaCachoeira, Bahia, Brazil in the state of Bahia, there is a town over a river...  
  PrambananPrambanan Jogyakarta, Indonesia   BorobudurBorobudur Jogyakarta, Indonesia   KansaiKansai airport Japan - the style of the future now  
  Disney HallDisney Hall       at the seaat the sea, Palos Verdes, CA  
            
    
 
 
 
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