10 Examples of Graffiti or Street Art as a Photographic Element
What’s the difference between “street art” and “graffiti”?
I often enjoy the added element of a little graffiti to a photograph. Especially if the photographer brings their own point of view, or captures a moment within the frame. It blends one artist’s work with another, and when combined, often makes an interesting statement.
It’s that random collaboration between artists that adds a fun dimension.
I dug deep into the PhotoShelter community to come up with these cool examples of photography — each containing graffiti/street art as an element.
Genève, le by Jean-Patrick Di Silvestro.
Sofia Bulgaria by Andrew Hillard.
London street art by “Banksy’ by John Prior.
Obama Inauguration by Matt Lutton.
Telephones & Robbers by Adam Wiseman.
Rod Blagojevich Graffiti by Gerald Tang.
Streets of Istanbul (w/cat) by Ilker Gurer.
Phare by Jean Revillard.
Williamsburg Brooklyn by Adam Wiseman.
Rahm Emanuel in the doghouse by William Rice.
If you’ve spotted (or shot) any cool images that contain graffiti or street art, please share them by posting a link below!
http://razorday-usa-photos.photoshelter.com/gallery/Art-from-the-streets/G00002.D0Y0U1ajc/
Cool pictures! As part of a project about asylum seekers in Brussels, I made this shot. The graffiti says “solidarity for undocumented immigrants”. And this second one is half funny, half scary tree that I found during a walk.
Santiago, Chile is full of great graffiti!
Sorry, should have put the link for Santiago here: http://cachandochile.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/good-graf-santiago-graffiti-villavicencio/
Wow, the html code doesn’t work here So, once again; the picture about undocumented immigrants: http://bit.ly/dPNWgB And the one with the funny/scary tree: http://bit.ly/iiceWp
Here are some of mine – http://tinyurl.com/includesgraffiti Always liked a bit of graffiti in street pictures ~ love Helen Levitt’s particularly.
From Ecuador: http://bit.ly/e54QmW From India: http://bit.ly/fOaEJr And from Brazil: http://bit.ly/gto7xp
Cool! Here’s one of mine, from the side of a train car carrying autos. http://bit.ly/funHcD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/model337/4384150617
But sometimes graffiti is used for all the wrong reasons: http://www.blipfoto.com/view.php?id=855879&month=12&year=2010 This photo of racist graffiti smeared on a wall next to the Kremlin was taken over the weekend after a violent riot.
Graffiti art in storm drains under the Las Vegas Strip: http://www.tiffanybrown.com/2010/11/l-krylon-can-graffiti-storm-drain/ and a multimedia piece on the topic: http://www.lasvegassun.com/videos/2008/may/27/308/
Since on my recent trip to South India I made walls my major photographic theme, it’s almost unavoidable I ran into graffiti as well. You’ll find several examples in my (still small) gallery “Walls of South India”: http://marjoleink.photoshelter.com/gallery/Walls-of-South-India/G0000P7XbqGlByo0/ Possibly my favorite (for now at least) is “Sorry”: http://marjoleink.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Walls-of-South-India/G0000P7XbqGlByo0/I0000FnPvHIt51gU (I’m not posting a lot yet since I’m mainly concentrating on the design of my site – more will follow when the design is a bit more stable!)
A long term documentation of Urban Culture with many Graffiti photos. http://dhanib.photoshelter.com/portfolio/G0000nkWsqJfrb9Q http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhani_b/sets/72157615919953599/
graffiti archaeology http://www.otherthings.com/grafarc/
Hi, Look this photo and next 2 folllowing images too. http://bit.ly/hKp2Cu Best, Jaak Nilson
Amsterdam graffiti..http://bit.ly/eY2Bt2
There’s plenty here in my streetart gallery from Doel – a deserted town in the north of Belgium. most of the examples are by Roa, an artist who has an interesting take on animal art! http://markblundell.photoshelter.com/gallery/Doel/G0000KpC2b8NUe.o/
Under the Bridge, Downtown (Austin, Texas) http://chriscasephoto.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/People-Portraits/G0000PGHme3HKWHo/I0000fLIZf0W8gz8
hello, I have some posted long time in blog some time ago. http://www.carloslopezblog.com/2010/03/lisbon-marvellous-city.html and http://www.carloslopezblog.com/2010/04/lisbon-technicolor.html
I have a great extreme sports shot with some graffiti in the background… I lit the building with a separate light. http://willpursell.com/action/great-action-sports-shot-of-josh-silver-airing-high-in-a-skatepark
http://martindiggs.com/images/IMG_8978.jpg my favorite!
street art yummy i have banksy’s book great xmas gift
Here is my image of the graffiti on the railtracks – http://andreiphotos.photoshelter.com/image/I0000wanjiPVISv0
http://rzdy.blogspot.com/2011/03/5pointz-artists.html A lazy Sunday for me watching and shooting some of the best Graffiti artists around down at 5Pointz in LIC Queens , New York City