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Love + Danger

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So, I was in this alley…

Of course “love” and “danger” are next to each other – I hope that wasn’t a graffiti accident.

Sundown, Texas
photographed 5.14.2016

Genres of Urban Art

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There’s the professional, colorful, and complex one.

And the orange-and-black version.

And the spray-painted, hastily-done one.

And the peeling, tan paint, if you are pretty liberal in your interpretation of “art.”

San Antonio, Texas
photographed 9.7.2015

Roadside Eagle

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I pulled over because there was a scenic overlook, across a narrow valley to the mountains. But when I saw that graffiti on the rocks, I sort of forgot about the view.

near Fort Davis, Texas
photographed 7.10.2015

Utility

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What caught my eye initially were the boxes on the utility pole, the banged-up downspout, and the glass blocks in the window. But then, what had been just a blotch of paint on a pole started to look like a face…

McCook, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2014

Don’t just dream

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Sometimes the best advice is unsolicited and painted on a wall. Like the one I found in Lubbock last winter. Or this one Ehpem and I found the other day in Victoria.

(Although, if you really want to know, I sure did want to find some spray paint and correct it.)

Victoria, British Columbia
photographed 8.3.2014