Feira Hippie,1980

Dad had a darkroom when I was growing up and taught me how to use it.  I have always loved photography and continued to play with it in high school and college.  I also started selling t-shirts at a hippie fair in Campinas and became friends with some full-time artisans who took me on an outing to a neighboring city that had a large artisan fair.  I took these photos then and developed them in my high school photography class.

O meu pai era fotógrafo e tinha um quarto aonde revelava as fotos.  Me ensinou como usar e continuei a estudar fotografia em Campinas e na universidade.  Também vendía camisetas que eu pintava numa feira hippie em Campinas e fiz amizade com uns artesões que me levaram a esta feira.  Eu tirei as fotos e revelei na minha classe de fotografia na Escola Americana de Campinas.

 

 

 

 

Dona Sumiko

Dona Sumiko (tallest one at the back, smiling) was a Japanese missionary.  We LOVED visiting her (or, I did).  We always got wonderful treats and fun gifts like watercolor paints or interesting Japanese boxes and papers.  Both Japan and Germany had treaties with Brazil where they sent immigrants who received land in exchange for cultivating it.  Our city, Maringa, was 30% Japanese.  My best friend was Japanese/Brazilian and I'm sure that her influence affected my palate, interest in the land, and openness to other cultures.

A Dona Sumiko esta de pe, atras das criancas.  Ela era uma missionaria do Japao.  Gostava muito de visitar com ela porque ela sempre tinha doces ou bolachas e um presente artistico.  Mais tarde, a minha melhor amiga de infancia, a Adelia era Japonesa-Brasileira e o convivio com a familia dele me influenciou muito.  Acho que porcausa dela gosto tanto da terra e tenho tanta abertura a outras culturas.

Rachel/Raquel

The Story of Coffee

Coffee was the big agricultural product in our area in the early 1960's.  It's hard work, labor intensive and frustrating to grow coffee.  Our state was a borderline one climate-wise.  A coffee plant takes four years to produce and a freeze can kill the bush.  After several of these freezes, coffee moved further North, giving way to other crops that brought great prosperity to the area: corn, wheat, soy and other grains.  

In the middle of it all, there are two missionary kids, Ruthie Foehringer and me.  Ruthie and I later lived together for a year at the missionary hostel while we went to the Escola Americana de Campinas.  I believe she has been involved in deaf education for the last several years.

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A historia do cafe voces ja sabem.  Ai estou eu com a filha do Pastor Foehringer do Rio de Janeiro, Ruthie.  Quando eramos jovens moramos juntas em Campinas quando estudamos na Escola Americana.  Ouvi dizer que ela e professora de surdos.

Rachel/Raquel

Boiada

Many Brazilian songs talk about the "Boiada", and this is what you see here, a bunch of cattle crossing the road.  Definitely early 1960's.  Probably around Loanda...

Muitas cancoes Brasileiras cantam sobre a boiada, e vemos uma aqui, um monte de boi cruzando a estrada.  Deve ser no comeco da decada dos 1960.  Provavelmente perto de Loanda...

-Rachel/Raquel

A Princesa The Princess

Helen always dressed up like a princess when she was little. She told me recently that her dream came true as to her husband and kids, she is their Lady Helen.

A Helena sempre gostava de se vestir como princesa quando era pequena. Recentemente, ela me contou que o sonho dela se transformou em realidade. O marido e os filhos dela sempre dizem que ela e a princesa deles!

Rachel/Raquel