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2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro
Ron Holman, Photographer
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Visalia | CA | USA | Posted: 2:21 PM on 10.02.09 |
| ->> Rio de Janeiro was selected to host the 2016 Olympic Games beating out Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo. |
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Todd Spoth, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 4:22 PM on 10.02.09 |
->> My parents who live in Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro on the beach have been talking about it all week. There are no doubt hundreds of thousands partying in the streets and on the beach in Rio tonite.
Great city. There will be epic venues im sure, but they better fix up their international airport. Their domestic airport rules, but the international looks like its right off the set of an apocalyptic movie set. Im going to make it my goal to try and shoot the games. No telling where I will be in 2016, but I know the city well, can speak enough Portuguese to get around and have a place to stay.
HEAR THAT PHOTO EDITORS! Mark me down!
now im off to practice my badminton photography.
-T
www.toddspoth.com |
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Brad Moore, Photographer, Assistant
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Weston | MA | USA | Posted: 4:28 PM on 10.02.09 |
| ->> So the summer games will be hosted in the winter. That's a first I think! |
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Adam Vogler, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 4:37 PM on 10.02.09 |
| ->> I have family that lives in Rio..... might be time to see if they're on facebook and do some catching up. I am 100% fluent in Portuguese (technically my 1st language) so maybe I can offer tutoring services to my fellow SS'ers |
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Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Central Jersey | NJ | USA | Posted: 5:25 PM on 10.02.09 |
->> Brad, the Olympics have been in Australia twice, and the 1956 games were held late in the Austral Spring:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics
The 2000 Sydney games began in Austral Winter and ended in Austral spring:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics
The proposed August dates for Rio 2016 all fall in Austral Winter.
3rd games in the Southern Hemisphere, 1st in South America, first (tentatively) to begin and end completely in Winter.
But bear in mind, "Winter" in Rio isn't quite the same as winter in Winnipeg... |
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Todd Spoth, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 6:30 PM on 10.02.09 |
| ->> Rio in winter is still tshirts and shorts. There are more rainy days but for the most part its gorgeous. I spent pretty much the whole of this past July there. |
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Brad Moore, Photographer, Assistant
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Weston | MA | USA | Posted: 6:36 PM on 10.02.09 |
| ->> Jack, Thanks for reminding me about the others. I wasn't around for the '56 games, but I remember Sydney. I was mentally confusing South America and the southern hemisphere I think. |
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Alex Witkowicz, Photographer
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Bradley Leeb, Photographer
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Champaign | IL | USA | Posted: 10:22 PM on 10.02.09 |
| ->> Thanks Alex! As a born and raised Chicagoan living in the great state of Illinois, that is truly a funny graphic!! |
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Robert Scheer, Photographer
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Indianapolis | IN | USA | Posted: 9:22 AM on 10.04.09 |
| ->> Good for Rio! I'm glad it's in South America for the first time (not that I wouldn't have enjoyed having it just up the road in Chicago), as it should be the World's Games. Let's hope it helps them clean up the crime there, which dwarfs Chicago's. |
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Jeff Lewis, Photographer
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Long Beach | CA | USA | Posted: 8:48 PM on 10.04.09 |
| ->> 2016........ Just in time for the Canon Mark VII to be out of focus. |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 8:56 PM on 10.04.09 |
| ->> This is truly a hilarious thread. Talking about an event seven years from now.....and then the last little smack down on Canon...I'm just shaking my head. |
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Jeff Lewis, Photographer
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Long Beach | CA | USA | Posted: 9:48 PM on 10.04.09 |
->> I'm just a Canon guy who wants a good focusing Canon camera. I'm not ever switching Nikon. I have way too much invested in Canon to ever switch and love the product.
As far as the Olympics, good for Rio and good for South America to get the Olympics.......... I'll be there with my Mark VII, maybe then, they will drastically improve the flash system as well. |
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Felipe Dana, Photographer
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Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Brazil | Posted: 10:00 PM on 10.04.09 |
->> I'm very happy..
So anyone who needs a place in Rio, let's begin the list now.. lol
here's a photo from the announcement party at copacabana http://www.flickr.com/photos/felipedana/3975125353/ |
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Patrick Fallon, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 12:56 AM on 10.05.09 |
| ->> +1 Chuck - We got Vancouver, London, and Soci to deal with first still! |
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Isaac Ginsberg, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | U.S.A | Posted: 2:06 AM on 10.05.09 |
| ->> So, we are all looking forward to going to the homicide capitol of the world for the games? I here its sunny there. |
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Isaac Ginsberg, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | U.S.A | Posted: 2:06 AM on 10.05.09 |
| ->> here=hear |
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