Boom town: São Paulo in the 1940s – in pictures
Swiss-born Hildegard Rosenthal fled the second world war to become a pioneering photojournalist in Brazil. Here’s a selection of her unstaged street shots, taken during a period of transformation for São Paulo
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Praça da Sé, a public square in central São Paulo. All photographs: Hildegard Rosenthal/Acervo Instituto Moreira Salles
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Pedestrians wait for the tram outside the Mercado Municipal
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A rainy day on Avenida São João
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Praça da Sé again. The city’s famous Catedral Metropolitana is under construction in the rear
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Snacking on melon on the busy Rua 25 de Março
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Conversations on a side street
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Catching the tram near the Mercado Municipal
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Umbrellas along Avenida São João
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A game of football at a social services institution
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A queue to board a city bus
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Brazilian-Japanese children enjoy an ice cream
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A drizzly day on Avenida Rangel Pestana, east of the city centre
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