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<title>Jan Sochor Photoblog</title>
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<description>Photoblog diary – photo series &amp; pictures (South America, Central America, Europe)</description>
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	<title>We, the hyenas [Lima, Peru]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=holy-week-jesus-christ-suffering-peru</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Photographers take pictures of a man representing Jesus Christ during the Holy Week celebration in Lima, Peru.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/holy-week-jesus-christ-suffering-peru.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:50 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Boxing club Boxeo VMT [Lima, Peru]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=boxing-club-youth-lima-peru</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Boxeo VMT is a grassroots organisation offering boxing lessons to youth as an alternative to gang violence, crime and drug-trafficking. Located in some of Lima&#39;s most marginalized neighborhoods, Boxeo VMT club joins nearly 50 young men. Although the club disposes only of an unequipped outdoor facility with couple of punching bags, the young boxers train hard three times a week and dream to become a boxing champion.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/boxing-club-youth-lima-peru.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 11:53 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Fight [Lima, Peru]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=pelican-fight-over-fish-lima-peru</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Pelicans fight over a fish at Chorrillos seafood market in Lima, Peru.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/pelican-fight-over-fish-lima-peru.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:07 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Gold beneath the sky [La Rinconada, Peru]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=gold-miners-la-rinconada-peru</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">During the last decade, the rising price of the gold has attracted thousands of people to the town of La Rinconada in the Peruvian Andes, turning it into the Klondike of the 21st century. At 5300 metres above sea level, nearly 50.000 people work in the gold mines and live in the nearby colonies without running water, sewage system or heating service. Although the work in the mines is very dangerous (falling rocks, poisonous gases and a shifting glacier), the majority of miners have no contract and operate under the cachorreo system - working 30 days without payment and taking the gold they supposedly find the 31st day as the only salary. In spite of a heavily demaged environment, caused by mercury contamination from the mining and the lack of garbage disposal, people continue to flock to the region hoping to find in the deadly mines their fortune.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/gold-mining-peru.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 21:29 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Sand miners [Cartago, Colombia]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=sand-miner-river-colombia</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">A Colombian sand miner (“arenero”) dives under the water to extract sand from the bottom of the river La Vieja in Cartago, Colombia. <i>The work on a <a href="http://www.jansochor.com/" target="_self" title="Photo essays and photojournalism series from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil and other places in Latin America.">photo essay</a> showing the traditional artisanal sand mining in Colombia is in progress.</i></div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/sand-miner-river-colombia.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:50 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Blind social club [Lima, Peru]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=blind-social-club-lima-peru</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">A blind man, holding a white cane, passes through the corridor of Uni&#243;n Nacional de Ciegos, a blind social club in Lima, Peru.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/blind-social-club-lima-peru.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:38 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Police guard in Bogota [Bogota, Colombia]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=police-guard-rifle-tar-21-bogota-colombia</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">A young Colombian policeman, armed with the Israeli TAR-21 assault rifle, guards in the center of Bogota, Colombia.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/police-guard-rifle-tar-21-bogota-colombia.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:14 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Sand miners [Puerto Berr&#237;o, Colombia]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=sand-miners-colombia</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Sand miners unload sand extracted from the bottom of the river Magdalena in Puerto Berr&#237;o, Colombia. <br /><i>The work on a <a href="http://www.jansochor.com/" target="_self" title="Photo essays and photojournalism series from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil and other places in Latin America.">photo essay</a> showing the traditional artisanal sand mining in Colombia is in progress.</i></div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/sand-miners-colombia.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:21 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Kamentsa shaman [Sibundoy, Colombia]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=shaman-taita-kamentsa-sibundoy-colombia</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">A Kamentsa shaman (taita) plays flute during the traditional indigenous fiesta in Sibundoy, Colombia.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/shaman-taita-sibundoy-colombia.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:14 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Exorcism in Bogota [Bogota, Colombia]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=exorcism-bogota-colombia</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">A Colombian girl fights with demons during the exorcism ritual performed at a church on outskirts of Bogota, Colombia. Exorcism is an ancient religious technique of evicting spirits, generally called demons or evil, from a person which is believed to be possessed. Although the formal catholic rite of exorcism is rarely seen and must be only conducted by a designated priest, there are many Christian pastors and preachers (known as ‘exorcistas’) performing exorcism and prayers of liberation. Using their strong charisma, special skills and religous formulas, they command the evil spirit to depart a victim&#39;s mind and body, usually invoking Jesus Christ or God to intervene in favour of a possessed person.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/video/exorcism-bogota-colombia-preview.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:14 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Baptism in Cuba [Coj&#237;mar, Cuba]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=baptism-christian-ritual-havana-cuba</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Christian followers take part in a baptism ritual on the beach near the village of Coj&#237;mar, east of Havana, Cuba.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/baptism-christian-ritual-havana-cuba.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:02 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Hot afternoon in Havana [Havana, Cuba]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=havana-art-architecture-cuba</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Cuban women seen in the shadow behind the window grill during a hot afternoon in Havana, Cuba.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/havana-architecture-cuba.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:11 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Sand miners [Cartago, Colombia]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=sand-mining-colombia</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">A sand miner, diving under the water, extracts sand from the bottom of the river La Vieja in Cartago, Colombia. <br /><i>The work on a <a href="http://www.jansochor.com/" target="_self" title="Photo essays and photojournalism series from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil and other places in Latin America.">photo essay</a> showing the traditional artisanal sand mining in Colombia is in progress.</i></div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/sand-mining-colombia.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:50 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Vintage letterpress print shop [Cali, Colombia]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=vintage-letterpress-print-shop</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Letterpress printing, invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century, remained the primary way to print and distribute information until the second half of the 20th century. The process of letterpress printing consists of composing movable types into the bed of a press, inking it, and pressing paper against it to create an impression. Nowadays, due to the offset printing expansion, there are few commercial print shops in the world keeping this traditional craftsmanship alive.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/vintage-letterpress-print-shop.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:07 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Hip-hop fans in Cuba [Havana, Cuba]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=hip-hop-fans-cuba</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption"></div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/hip-hop-fan-havana-cuba.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:32 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Carnival in favela [Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=carnival-favela-rocinha-rio-de-janeiro-brazil</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Rocinha, the largest shanty town in Brazil and one of the most developed in Latin America, has its own samba school called GRES Academicos da Rocinha. The Rocinha samba school is very loyal to its neighborhood. Throughout the year, the entire community actively participate in rehearsals, culture events and parades related to the carnival.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/carnival-favela-rocinha.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:10 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Murderball [Bogota, Colombia]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=murderball-wheelchair-rugby-colombia</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Colombian disabled athletes play murderball (wheelchair rugby) in the indoor sporting arena Coliseo, Bogota, Colombia. <i>The work on a <a href="http://www.jansochor.com/" target="_self" title="Photo essays and photojournalism series from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil and other places in Latin America.">photo essay</a> showing the wheelchair rugby team of Colombia is in progress.</i></div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/wheelchair-rugby-colombia.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:01 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Carnival cemetery [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=carnival-cemetery-rio-de-janeiro-brazil</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a “Carnival cemetery” in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/carnival-cemetery-rio-de-janeiro-brazil.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:15 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Carnival motion [Sambadrome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=carnival-rio-de-janeiro-brazil</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, considered the biggest carnival in the world, is a colorful, four day celebration, taking place every year forty days before Easter. The Samba school parades, featuring thousands of dancers, imaginative costumes and elaborate floats, are held on the Sambadrome, a purpose-built stadium in downtown Rio. According to costumes, flow, theme, band music quality and performance, a single school is declared the winner of the competition.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/carnival-mocidade-samba-school.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:47 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>El Cantante [Cartago, Colombia]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=cantante-colombian-singer</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Humberto R., a 58-years-old arenero (sand miner), sings during his everyday hard work in the river La Vieja, close to Cartago, Colombia.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/video/cantante-colombian-singer-preview.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>K&#225;men šuk&#225; cihlu [Rio de Janeiro, Braz&#237;lie]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=rio-karneval-sexualni-turistika</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption"><p>Byli hlučn&#237;. Jinak bych si jich nikdy nevšiml. Rio je během karnevalu turistama přeplněn&#253;, takže př&#237;tomnost partičky gringů mě nijak nevzrušila. Až na tu hlučnou češtinu. Otočil jsem se směrem k nim s &#250;směvem. Na karnevale v Riu jsem potřet&#237;, ale Čechy jsem tu nikdy nepotkal. Rychle jsme se sezn&#225;mili. Ten hovornějš&#237;, t&#253;pek kolem třic&#237;tky, takovej plejboj z mal&#253;ho města, bych ho šacoval, po chv&#237;li pov&#237;d&#225;: „Hele, a když to tady tak zn&#225;š, nev&#237;š, kde bysme si dobře zašukali&#63;“ Vyvalil jsem oči. „Jako za prachy, samo“, rychle dodal, když uviděl můj překvapenej pohled. „Hele, to fakt nevim“, souk&#225;m ze sebe. T&#253;pek se s tim fakt moc nemaže, napadlo mě. „Jsme tady hlavně kvůli t&#233;mu“, přidal se hned druhej, se siln&#253;m moravsk&#253;m př&#237;zvukem. Připlešlej strejda, určitě dost přes čtyřicet, s lehce zakulacen&#253;m pup&#237;kem. Takovej ten chl&#225;pek, co nos&#237; šusť&#225;ky od Vietnamců a zpětně si z něho nevybav&#237;š nic v&#253;razn&#253;ho. Takhle teda vypadaj sexu&#225;ln&#237; turisti&#63; No to ne, to je fakt hrubej vtip! „Ale musim ti ř&#237;ct, že jsme z t&#233;ho karnevalu zklaman&#237;“, pokračoval strejc, „včera n&#225;s vzal taxik&#225;ř někam, ale byly takov&#233; špinav&#233;, kolo bych si o ně neopřel.“ Teď už na něj jen udiveně z&#237;ram. „No prostě když to srovn&#225;m s t&#237;m v&#253;letem minul&#253; rok do Thajska nebo s tou Malajsi&#237; předminule“, zamyslel se strejc, „tak to tady stoj&#237; za hovno. My jsme si mysleli, že v Riu k&#225;men šuk&#225; cihlu, ale to teda ani n&#225;hodou.“<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span></p>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:16 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Orquestra Voadora [Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=orquestra-voadora-carnival-rio-brazil</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Most of the carnival street parties in Rio are organized and run by Blocos. Each Bloco (e.g. Orquestra Voadora) consists of a musical band and a group of partygoers. The Blocos, closely linked to the neighborhoods they come from, start their free-to-join parades early in January and continue throughout the carnival season. Playing usually their own samba song, backed up with a numerous bateria (drum and percussion players), Blocos are considered the beating heart of the Rio Carnival.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/cristo-redentor-carnival-rio-brazil.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:41 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>American mission [Tecun Uman, Guatemala]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=immigration-mexico-guatemala-border</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">A young immigrant, having his hand amputated by a train from his previous attempt to get to the United States, smokes marijuana on the bank of the Suchiate river on the Guatemala-Mexico border, while making this life&#39;s dangerous journey for the third time consecutively.<br /><br /><i>The work on a <a href="http://www.jansochor.com/" target="_self" title="Photo essays and photojournalism series from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil and other places in Latin America.">photo essay</a>, showing the cruel journey of immigrants from Central America, is in progress.</i></div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/immigrant-hand-amputated.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:34 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Circus Brasilia [Apopa, El Salvador]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=circus-show-family-central-america</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">The Circo Brasilia circus belongs to the old-fashioned traveling circuses with a usual mixture of acrobat, clown and comic acts. Due to the general loss of popularity caused by modern forms of entertainment such as movies, TV shows or internet, these small family enterprises balance on the edge of survival. Circuses were pushed away and now they have to set up their shows in more remote villages. The circus art and culture is slowly dying in Latin America.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/circus-brasilia-central-america.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:08 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Karneval mazl&#237;čků [Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Braz&#237;lie]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=karneval-psi-kocky-rio-de-janeiro-brazilie</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption"><p>Kdybych nevěděl, že stojim na Copacabaně, řekl bych, že jsem se ocitl v potuln&#253;m oblud&#225;riu, kter&#253; se zlomysln&#253;m šklebem ř&#237;d&#237; Terry Gilliam. Obrovskej, tloušťkou nafouklej kocour, s kouzelnick&#253;m kloboučkem na hlavě, na mě ospale civ&#237;. Kokršpaněl v kožen&#253; motork&#225;řsk&#253; čepici a brejl&#237;ch sed&#237; v sajtně motorky. Hystericky štěkaj&#237;c&#237; krysař&#237;k s plastikov&#253;ma ď&#225;belsk&#253;ma růžkama &#250;toč&#237; na b&#237;l&#253;ho mopsl&#237;ka s mot&#253;l&#237;ma křid&#253;lkama. Freak show.</p>
<p>Je poledne, posledn&#237; neděle před karnevalem. Avenidu Atlantica, širokej bulv&#225;r zakroucenej pod&#233;l bělostn&#253;ho p&#237;sku Copacabany, zahalujou šed&#253; mraky. Vlhko a vedro mi lež&#237; na ramenou jak těžk&#225; nacucan&#225; deka. Jako každej rok, i letos se fanoušci dom&#225;c&#237;ch zv&#237;ř&#225;tek z Ria de Janeira sešli na jižn&#237;m konci Copacabany, aby spolu se sv&#253;ma vym&#243;děn&#253;ma mil&#225;čkama promaš&#237;rovali za zvuků samby pod&#233;l čtyřkilometrov&#253; pl&#225;že.</p>
<p>&#37;FOTKA&#37;</p>
<p>Volba Copacabany – m&#237;sta tohodle bizarn&#237;ho dostaven&#237;čka milovn&#237;ků psů a koček – nen&#237; samozřejmě n&#225;hodn&#225;. Slavn&#225; pl&#225;ž a j&#237; přilehl&#225; čtvrť je domovem nejvyšš&#237;ho počtu dom&#225;c&#237;ch mazl&#237;čků na počet obyvatel v Braz&#237;lii. Copacabana je totiž vyhled&#225;vanou rezidenčn&#237; adresou bohatejch Brazilců. Vidět tu psa s roztřesen&#253;ma špejličkama m&#237;sto nohou, kterej stoj&#237; několik průměrn&#253;ch brazilsk&#253;ch platů, je stejně běžn&#253; jako drah&#253; německ&#253; auto zaparkovan&#253; před luxusn&#237;m domem.</p>
<p>Vždycky jsem si myslel, že lidi v Braz&#237;lii takov&#253;dle věci nedělaj&#237;. Že tvrdej život v zemi, kde se každej mus&#237; starat hlavně s&#225;m o sebe, přin&#225;š&#237; už tak dost starost&#237; a nezbejv&#225; teda čas na nesmysly. M&#253;lil jsem se. Braz&#237;lie ekonomicky roste. Č&#237;m d&#225;l t&#237;m v&#237;c lid&#237; bohatne, přest&#225;v&#225; m&#237;t existenčn&#237; probl&#233;my a může si vymejšlet zhovadilosti.</p>
<p>&#37;FOTKA&#37;</p>
<p>Obl&#237;knou třesouc&#237;ho se ratl&#237;ka s rodokmenem do oblečku mal&#253;ho supermana, do vojensk&#253; kamufl&#225;že nebo do krajkov&#253;ch princeznovsk&#253;ch z&#225;voj&#237;čků a vyraz&#237; na karneval mazl&#237;čků. Protože podle slov Marca Antonia Tota, š&#233;fa Bloc&#227;o, sdružen&#237; organizuj&#237;c&#237; tenhle ps&#237; a kočič&#237; cirkus, „si přece naše zv&#237;ř&#225;tka tak&#233; zaslouž&#237; slavit karneval“.</p>
<p>&#37;FOTKA&#37;</p>
<p>„Mil&#225;&#225;&#225;šku, budeme slavn&#253;“, zašišlala asi pades&#225;tilet&#225; povadl&#225; Brazilka do chlupat&#253;ho vlhk&#253;ho čum&#225;ku. Uk&#225;zala na můj foť&#225;k: „A kde vyjdeme, pros&#237;m v&#225;s, pane&#63;“ Zamyslel jsem se. „V Evropě, madam.“ A s co nejv&#225;žnějš&#237;m v&#253;razem, kter&#253;ho jsem byl schopnej, jsem dodal: „Ale všichni za to půjdem do pekla. Vy za to, co těm zv&#237;řatům děl&#225;te a j&#225; za to, že to ještě navrch fotim do novin.“<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span></p></div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:14 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Rio Carnival workshops [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">The carnival preparations start early in July or August, some 7-8 months before the main samba schools parade at the sambodrome. Samba schools hire teams of professional designers and artists who, according to the original theme selected by the school directors and then featured by the school during the parade, create allegorical floats, costumes, sculptures, music, choreography and the entire school show. However, the most of the everyday work in the carnival hangars is performed by unknown but fully dedicated samba schools members.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/carnival-workshop-rio-de-janeiro.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:02 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Dojeď si pro přesdržku [Pasto, Kolumbie]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=kolumbie-dojed-si-pro-presdrzku</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption"><p>Sem tam mi to ujede. Vim o tom. Nav&#237;c nosim v kapse magnet na zmrdy. Jenže nikdy nevim, ve kter&#253; kapse ho zrovna m&#225;m. To jen na vysvětlenou, abych načrtnul z&#225;kladn&#237; r&#225;mec, ve kter&#253;m se n&#225;sleduj&#237;c&#237; storka odehr&#225;la.</p>
<p>Jel jsem fotit karneval <em>Blancos y Negros</em> do Kolumbie. Pasto lež&#237; kousek za ekv&#225;dorskou hranic&#237;, ale přesto je to z Quita &#250;morn&#253;ch dvan&#225;ct hodin skz prašn&#253; horsk&#253; serpent&#253;ny. Vrcholnej moment cesty obvykle přich&#225;z&#237; na obou celnic&#237;ch, kde mě tupohlavci s placatou čepic&#237; přeměřujou, jak kdybych byl buď „ciz&#237; agent“ (Kolumbijci) nebo vez dvě kila koksu nastrkan&#253;ho v prdeli (Ekv&#225;dorci).</p>
<p>Do Pasta jsem dojel kolem dev&#225;t&#253; večer. Špinavej, vyčerpanej, bez n&#225;lady. Horko těžko jsem si schrastil hot&#253;lek a vydal jsem se vyzvednout si akreditaci. Presscentrum bylo př&#237;mo na hlavn&#237; <em>plaze</em>, v rozdivočel&#253;m karnevalov&#253;m kotli. Přes policejn&#237; z&#225;tarasy jsem vplul na n&#225;měst&#237; pln&#253; lid&#237;. Nejdř&#237;v na mě začali stř&#237;kat pěnu, což jsem přešel kysel&#253;m &#250;směvem a rychlou chůz&#237;. Pak mě trefili hrst&#237; mouky do obličeje. Dobr&#253;. Ale už mě to moc nebav&#237;. Nakonec, př&#237;mo před presscentrem – přestože jsme se dohodli, že můžu proj&#237;t a „že tu hru teď nehraju“ – jsem dostal pumelenici pěnou do oč&#237; od party vožralejch zmrdů.</p>
<p>Nedok&#225;zal jsem se udržet. Přiskočil jsem k nim, vytrhl jsem jim ten pěnovej sprej z ruky a jedn&#237;m švihem jsem ho roztř&#237;skal o chodn&#237;k. Hotovo. Aspoň jsem si to teda myslel. Vy jste porušili domluvu, j&#225; v&#225;m rozsekal hračku. Omyl.</p>
<p>Dohonili mě asi po pades&#225;ti metrech. Vl&#237;tli na mě, čtyři pět typů, když jsem st&#225;l u otevřen&#253;ch dveř&#237; tax&#237;ku. Jak čokli, ve smečce. <em>Putos perros</em>! Okamžitě jsem chytil prvn&#237; r&#225;nu do ksichtu. Ž&#225;dn&#253; předehry. Pak byl jen řev, r&#225;ny pěst&#237;, bolest. M&#237;haj&#237;c&#237; se žlut&#253; světlo lamp, sladk&#225; chuť krve na jazyku… Něco jsem vykryl, ale proti čtyřem p&#225;rům pěst&#237; se fakt těžko br&#225;n&#237;. Rozmrdali mi hubu do krve, hlava mi zle třeštila z těch ran na lebku. Nakonec, když se trochu unavili, podařilo se mi nasoukat se do toho otevřen&#253;ho tax&#237;ku a ujet. Ještě jsem zaslechl, jak na mě ječ&#237;, že si mě najdou.</p>
<p>Usnul jsem ve čtyři r&#225;no. Dř&#237;v mi to tělo našponovan&#253; adrenalinem a bolest&#237; nedovolilo. R&#225;no jsem realisticky zhodnotil situaci a pochopil, že jsem to tady „zavřel“. Těžko bych znovu nevrazil do t&#253;hle party zmrdů během tř&#237; dn&#237;, kdy jsem měl karneval – kterej se odehr&#225;v&#225; na ploše dvou ulic a jednoho n&#225;měst&#237; – fotit. Přij&#237;t o <em>gear</em> by mě o bolelo o dost v&#237;c, než ta rozsekan&#225; huba.</p>
<p>Otočil jsem se na patě a jel jsem dvan&#225;ct hodin zp&#225;tky do Quita. Bez jedin&#253; fotky a s pyskama napuchl&#253;ma tak, že jsem dva dny nemohl poř&#225;dně j&#237;st a mluvit. Nicm&#233;ně, měl jsem dvan&#225;ct hodin času přemejšlet. Proč se – kurva! – nech&#225;v&#225;m vyprovokovat takov&#253;ma retardovan&#253;ma deb&#237;lkama&#63; Proč – po tom, co jsem tam byl několikr&#225;t př&#237;m&#253;m svědkem přestřelky, několikr&#225;t mě přepadli a okradli, teď mi rozsekali hubu – poř&#225;d jezd&#237;m do Kolumbie&#63;</p>
<p>Za dva tejdny letim do Bogoty. Poznamenal jsem si do z&#225;pisn&#237;ku: Magnet na zmrdy nechat doma!<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span></p></div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:20 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Carnival rehearsal [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]</title>
	<link>http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog.aspx?id=carnival-rehearsal-rio-de-janeiro-brazil</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">Rocinha samba school dancers, mestre-sala (the master dancer) and porta-bandeira (the flag bearer lady), rehearse their Carnival dance act in front of the school&#39;s workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/carnival-rehearsal-rio-de-janeiro-brazil.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:23 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Child brick workers [Puno, Peru]</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">A four-year-old Peruvian girl carries a dried-up brick in a brick manufacturing plant outside Puno, Peru.<br /><i>The work on a <a href="http://www.jansochor.com/" target="_self" title="Photo essays and photojournalism series from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil and other places in Latin America.">photo essay</a> showing child brick workers in Latin America is in progress.</i></div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/children-brick-workers-peru.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:58 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Quito moods, I. [Quito, Ecuador]</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[<div class="caption">An early evening twilight seen through a rainy car window in Quito, Ecuador.</div><br /><div class="image"><img src="http://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/city-life-in-quito-ecuador.jpg"></div><br /><hr />]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:02 +0100</pubDate>
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