i was a collector of spanish graffiti
i had lots of fun taking pictures of graffiti in spain. i have a longstanding but vague dream of some sort of photo display in my house with all my favorite graffiti images, so i like to collect new ones whenever i can.
while we were taking the bus up to the alhambra, we passed through a neighborhood with the most amazing graffiti on the whitewashed walls. i think my jaw might have been on the floor. i decided we just had to walk back down through that neighborhood in order to take pictures of the graffiti. (we didn’t. it was twilight when we left.) however, there were construction fences in front of most of it, in a way that made me think they were going to paint over it and were possibly not as enamored with it as i was. it was such a good reminder that not everyone sees things in the same way, and art can be just as controversial as it is celebrated.
Cool! I love graffiti-it gives such great texture to a city. If you want to see the graffiti I’ve shot, there’s a video on my blog. (http://tatterededge.blogspot.com) Look on the sidebar and in the PAGES section it says “videography”. Click on that and it will take you to “Once Upon a City”.
lelainia: ohhhhhhhhhhh! i just watched it! i want to watch it again and again and again! thank you for sharing that with me!
Those are fantastic! I think they would make a lovely backdrop to a photo shoot. I would’ve loved it for our wedding photos!
Oh..what fun!! I’m always intrigued and inspired by grafitti. Great find!
Love all these!
Me, too! ME, TOO!! I love graffiti. I’d love to collect some in Spain. For now, my best graffiti is from San Francisco.