Thankyou to Nada (@njmom3) for hosting Street Art 7 and thankyou to all who participated with entries and by voting. I am really chuffed that my entry was chosen as the winner of the challenge as street art provides one of my favourite photo opportunities.
Art on the street can be any form of artistic enhancement of built spaces or structures—wall art, sculptures, art installations, even graffiti.
Having said that, I think that there is a lot of tension between street art and graffiti. Street art is usually images, or installations, or sculptures done with permission and often commissioned to enhance particular spaces or streetscapes.
Grafitti seems often to be more about tags or sometimes random lettering. Some graffiti is really clever and artistic, but graffiti can also be invasive and damaging of people's property or public spaces, as well as visually intrusive and often an expression of urban grunge. There's a contested area between graffiti and street art that maybe photographs can express and illustrate.
From the original posting of this challenge, some tips for capturing your street art:
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Art on the street can be any form of artistic enhancement of built spaces or structures—wall art, sculptures, art installations, even graffiti.
Having said that, I think that there is a lot of tension between street art and graffiti. Street art is usually images, or installations, or sculptures done with permission and often commissioned to enhance particular spaces or streetscapes.
Grafitti seems often to be more about tags or sometimes random lettering. Some graffiti is really clever and artistic, but graffiti can also be invasive and damaging of people's property or public spaces, as well as visually intrusive and often an expression of urban grunge. There's a contested area between graffiti and street art that maybe photographs can express and illustrate.
From the original posting of this challenge, some tips for capturing your street art:
https://www.apertureadventure.com/5-tips-wall-mural-photography/
https://www.smartphonephotographytraining.com/genres/street-art-photography-tips
Here's the info you need to take part in this challenge:
Enter once, enter often, but only one entry per person can be included in the final selection for voting.
Tag your entries— street-art-8
Start Date—September16 2023 (backdated to the end of the last challenge).
End Date—October15 2023
All photos must be taken and posted within this time frame.
Submitted entries may be viewed here: https://365project.org/tags/street-art-8