Brasília’s sky was bright and beautiful on the day Thiago Bernardes de Souza took this shot. Exploring Brazil’s capital city on his motorbike is a pleasure when the weather is like this, he says, and his canine cavalcade had effectively invited themselves along for the ride.
“The first member of our pack, Filo, isn’t in the photo, but she was there that day,” de Souza says. “Filo started riding with me in a backpack years ago, then around the time she turned one, I rescued Teo. He’s the dog in the goggles, a mixed breed and the most energetic and mischievous. Teo jumped into my sidecar when he was a puppy, and when I rescued Juju, at the front, a couple of years later, she settled into the remaining place immediately. She’s the sweetest and most loving dog. Now, when I head out on the bike, they even know in which order they should get into the sidecar.”
To take this photograph, de Souza placed his phone on a tripod, then performed a manoeuvre in which he tilted the bike while riding, so the sidecar would lift into the air. He later applied some minor edits using the Lightroom app.
“I always knew they loved the experience and the wind on their faces, but seeing them like this is priceless,” de Souza adds. “When I saw what I’d captured, I felt immense joy.”
