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posted by Ez at 10:07 PM
I travel throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn photographing graffiti. I’m fascinated by this art form. It's outside the galleries: uncontrolled, often ugly, but always urban, interesting and new. I just wander throughout this great city on foot, in buses, and by subway waiting to stumble upon some graffiti I haven’t yet seen. When I spot something that looks interesting, I snap it on my camera. Along the way I listen to music, eat food, talk to people, sit on the pavement, read books, draw tattoos on my arms, and do whatever else comes along. At the end of the day I upload my photos onto this blog, and write comments about the work. I’m hoping the blog and my photos will add up to an interesting site about current New York grafitti and street art.
3 Comments:
what does it say you imbecile? "i don;t know but it looks perty" TOY!
on the other hand if you ever get a job at sothebys...i have a lot of "graff" i could use you to sell. i'll give you 5%. cool?
Be polite. The point is not that it looks pretty. But the point is more than just what it spells as a 'word.'
It's not that interesting to me to simply identify the writer / crew and spell out their tag/peice. The piece speak for itself without me having to 'translate' it. And although the ability to easily recognise writers demonstrates a grounding in this culture, that's not that primary to me.
Str8 TOY. SOrry, but when yer in the game for years you know whats crap and whats hot.
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