London continues to apply mud masks and disappearing creams in anticipation of presenting a sparkling face for the 2012 Olympics, and usually that would mean Street Art gets buffed right? Kind of. It’s a tricky position when Banksy has made your city a worldwide tourist destination for many and the Cans Festival is still talked about three years after it brought hundreds to a tunnel next to Waterloo Station. So Street Art persists for selected engagements in selected venues – with and without permission, as ever, despite the whole of UK being covered by millions of cameras.
Photographer Geoff Hargadon shares some images with BSA readers of his foot tour last month in Shoreditch. Part II will follow soon.
Ben Slow portrait of Billy Brown Jr. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Juany. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Ben Eine. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
ROA. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Grimbsy Street. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Untitled. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Milo Tchais and Macay. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
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