NYC/BK Graff Shots:

I got to see some nice murals and pieces while up there, including a 2005 AKB (thats a graffiti crew, folks) reunion wall. Here's some of my favorites:





For more ( i mean a lot more) photos from this trip and others, visit the NYC + Brooklyn section of my flickr page.

Brooklyn, kid

One afternoon Whitney suggested we go to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens (I'd never been). It was a great place to relax, enjoy nature, and for $4 student admissions it seems like a reasonable alternative to the people-heavy Central Park. The grounds were well kept with nice views and other eye candy--a couple shirtless men dotted the open fields--and despite our being there so late in the summer the plants looked fresh and healthy. The Bonsai exhibit there is sweet, too... the close-up shot below is of a bonsai thats 114 yrs old.






That night we walked passed one of the many block parties that seem to pop up nightly on one street or another. The four or five different sound systems playing up and down the block competed for ear space; as we walked the music varied with throwback Michael Jackson hits, Biggie/brooklyn rap, and some latin dance genres. And noooo block party ends until somebody plays the electric slide, damn it!

Good NYC/BK Shots:

Just got back from my trip to Brooklyn/NYC. Another busy visit, lots of walking, and great street art. Here are a few of my favorite street art shots from the trip. Later in the weekend I'll post two more posts of some graff pics from around BK and other various random things worth sharing.



(Respectively: Shin Shin; Sacer; Swoon; Under Over & Broken Crow; Os Gemeos)
Some notes: Sacer (the purple tag in the second pic) recently past away. RIP.

Swoon's wheatpastes are reliefs made from hand-carved woodcuts. Each one takes nearly two weeks to complete.

The fawns on the Under Over/Broken Crow wall are made from huge stencils.

Os Gemeos are twins from Sao Paulo, Brazil whose style is unique and recognizable. The brightly colored mural took several days to complete.

Worth Your Watch: Gaia

Found on Wooster Collective, this new video/documentary work, Gaia: Taming Nature, follows NYC street paster Gaia through the process of production and installation.