Portuguese / English below

Olá! Meu nome é Mauro! Eu moro em Belo Horizonte adoro viajar. Sou fotógrafo e professor de fotografia, dou aulas em casa e em instituições. Sou organizado, sociável e gosto de conhecer culturas diferentes.

Minhas coisas favoritas: música, livros, batata frita e cerveja.

English:

Hi there! My name is Mauro! I live in Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil) and I love to travel. I'm a photographer and also a photography teacher. I've been working in my home studio and different schools since 2012.
I'm organized, sociable and like to experience different cultures.

My favorite things are: music, books, french fries and beer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Porque acredito no programa. E também porque eu adoro viajar.
Because I believe in the program. And I love to travel.

Interests

• arts
• culture
• photography
• film festivals
• yoga
• guitar
• sports
• reading books
• different cultures
• analog photography
• workout
• bycicle
• fashion design
• brazilian jiu jitsu
• fashion photography

Music, Movies, and Books

Brazilian music (Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque, Vinicius de Moraes)
Rock (The Beatles, The Who, etc etc etc)
Soul Music (Marvin Gaye, Aretha...)
Jazz (Coltrane, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass)
Punk Rock (The Damned, Ramones, The Clash, etc)
Blues (Eric Clapton, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King)

Independent movies, 50's, 60's and 70's cinema (Cinema Novo, Nouvelle Vague, Italian Neorealism), low-budget action movies, martial arts movies, Documentaries.

Art books, graphic novels, brazilian literature, and a lot of stuff.
Hemingway, Mia Couto, Hermann Hesse, Eric Hobsbawn, Vargas Llosa, Erico Verissimo, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

arr... A Documentary (short movie) that no one saw? I guess.

Teach, Learn, Share

Languages, Cooking, Photography, Smiling.
How can we be friends?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Images, good moments, food, beer, laughs, experiences!

Countries I’ve Visited

Peru, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil