A Night At The Carnaval

Always the adventurer, our friend and beloved photographer Autumn Sonnichsen recently hit the set of a Brazilian porn production, where a Carnaval-themed production was being filmed. Amidst the chaos, she was able to snap some beautiful behind the scenes photos, capturing the action as only Autumn can (and, even better, she was nice enough to share them with us!).

André Maleronka, Autumn's partner in crime, reports:

The subgenre of carnival-themed releases has ended up somewhere between commonplace and mandatory for the Brazilian porn makers. The producers had an idea that was more or less interesting: to use the help of amateurs in the middle of the action who would register themselves per email or by phone. Other than that, everything would go per usual, with couples of small groups of professional adult actors giving their all – or not – in front of the cameras, while extras would emulate the carnivalesque euphoria and a group of samba drummers would provide the music.

You had to sign a model release at the entrance and they were handing out multi-colored condoms, as well as bandanas (for the men) and baby tees (for the girls) emblazoned with the logo from the production company.

To say that it was interesting doesn't mean that it was any good. The stars of the evening were AVN winner Monica Mattos and Alessandra Marques, dressed as samba dancers, and the Mercenária do Funk, that did a lot more than samba dancing. Monica, looking gorgeous, wandered through the hall and took advantage of the open bar. Alessandra Marques did samba dances on a little stage above the main floor. The Mercenária did all kinds of acrobatic moves including the splits on the confetti-covered dance floor while she gave one lucky fellow a blow job.

Even the swingers from the suburbs couldn't do much about the bizarre atmosphere emanating from the young amateurs – appropriately described by an onlooker as "the worst of the sketchy guys that you avoid in the clubs"- completely drunk and trying to look like professional fuckers. Nobody revealed themselves as a great talent for the cameras and we didn't get turned on in the slightest.

· Autumn Sonnichsen (autumnsonnichsen.com)
· ELEELA (eleela.terra.com.br)