London is looking alive and on top of things at mid-winter, with a great variety of materials and techniques, imaginative styles and of course varying results, according to your tastes. During a quick trip on a somewhat blizzardish day, photographer Geoff Hargadon found “tough conditions: snowy, cold as f***, and a camera battery that refused to stay charged.” Tough going for the intrepid Street Art photog you see. Of course the upside of inclement weather is that no one is outside to obscure your shot. Except the falling snow, that is.
Vhils (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
From the comfort of you warmly glowing flatscreen, this selection of pieces looks like Street Art in London is largely mural based, right now, as much of the scene continues to be. The players are more or less familiar to your eyeballs, with a few newbies on the scene.
Enjoy these exclusive shots just for BSA readers. And special thanks to Geoff for his heroism and for sharing these scenes with us.
Shok-1 with RemiRough (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Local favorite Stik shows what may be a lady in a burka in this coupling. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Stik (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Stik, simple, and effective. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Calm (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
This sculptural installation appeared during the London Olympics, the arrows of the gods falling like rain and piercing the side of this building. The installations around the city included javelins, shot puts, bows and arrows and is called “Gifts of the Olympic Gods”.(photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Nasa . Milo Tchais (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Obey looking completely graphic while the snow falls. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
This dude doing a head spin is by Run. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
finDAC (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Jimmy C (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
David Walker (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
El Mac (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
The Frenchman C215 is in the window (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Phlegm brings one of his creatures into the street dimension, looking like he is ready to inspect somebody’s backpack. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Phlegm (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Excellent use of the front of this bus by Phlegm. Might mess up the visibility though. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
ROA’s prickly friend looks startled. Could be excited about the new super sewer for London. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
D*Face crushes a car . Invader . Obey (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Burning Candy is awfully monochromatically romantic in a digital sort of way. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Burning Candy and a sliced screen series from BomK Liliwenn (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Canvaz. Sort of like Warhol portraits of Darger’s Vivian girls, but that’s just me. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
Amigo . Malarky . Milo Tchais (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
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