Urban Art

[Didache]

Hi all

I took myself off to London today in search of some more urban art for my collection ... here are four of them.

Cheers
Mike

[Frog]

Depending on where this stuff is located, it wouldn't be so likely to bother me as the gang tags and paint splotches I see around here.
These are worth looking at though it looks like someone over painted the first one with some initials or something.

[Didache]

Frog .. there are a couple of places in London where urban art is permitted without interference. The theory, which appears to work, is that if you give people a couple of places where they can paint legally (or at least where it is tolerated), they are much less likely to deface other places. I happen to know where the permitted places are - so I can go straight there and be virtually guaranteed to see some high quality stuff.

Personally, I think there is a huge difference between nasty grafitti and serious urban art. The first I detest, the second I think can be wonderful (and just a little subversive!)

Cheers
Mike

[zen]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing Didache. I'm glad someone is documenting at least some of these works, before they're painted over.

[Didache]

zen - thanks for looking, and welcome to the forums! That is exactly why I do it: they are here today and gone tomorrow.

If you're interested, you can see a selection of my other Urban Art pictures at:

http://www.mikedalesphotography.co.u...olio33181.html

Cheers
Mike

[draymorton]

Amazing, Mike.

Seems you've used the Mamiya here, no? But did you do anything else to get that vibrant three-dimensionality?

Lighting?

Photoshop?

These really pop.

[Axle]

Great stuff! If you were in the States I would suggest a trip to the former Rochester Subway. There's stuff on the same caliber down there.

[SmartWombat]

Amazing, Mike.
Seems you've used the Mamiya here, no?

I checked out the EXIF data, Mike's using the PentaxK10D.

[draymorton]

I checked out the EXIF data, Mike's using the PentaxK10D.

Thanks, Paul. All the more impressive!

I think I was fooled by the crop; looked two-and-a-quarter-ish to me.