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BSA Images Of The Week: 08.31.25

BSA Images Of The Week: 08.31.25

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! This is the last weekend of the summer for some, a celebration of workers’ rights for others. Labor Day’s parade began in 1882 in Union Square, New York City. Now, unions are under attack, as they have been for a long time. However, without your labor, this city would not exist as it does today.

Labor Day in New York is more than just a long weekend — it’s a reminder of the people whose work has shaped the city and inspired workers’ movements worldwide. From builders and transit crews to teachers, caregivers, and service staff who keep daily life moving, New Yorkers have always been at the forefront of fighting for dignity and fairness on the job, often at great personal sacrifice. Like the uncommissioned art and permissioned art that fills our streets, some labor is public, visible, and often underappreciated — yet it leaves an unmistakable mark on the life of the city. We honor that history and salute the many workers across the five boroughs who carry it forward every day, with grit, pride, and a determination that makes New York what it is.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring works from Bird Milk, Crash, Duke A. Barnstable, Homesick, Molly Crabapple, PAGED, SAMO@, SAMOI, TFP Crew, and Wild West.

Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SAMO© (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CRASH. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CRASH (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bird Milk (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Molly Crabapple. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Molly Crabapple. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Molly Crabapple. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
TFP CREW. GERMANY. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Duke A. Barn Stable (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HOMESICK. WILD WEST. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
PAGED (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Images Of The Week: 08.24.25

BSA Images Of The Week: 08.24.25

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

When discovering a series of currency-themed street art in the city this week, we were reminded of the relentless daily pressure there is today to make ends meet—and of the regular headlines showing how the big players run their own schemes to squeeze the public. It also calls to mind the 1980s hip hop track “What People Do for Money” by Divine Sounds, with its sly reminder: “They’ll sell their soul to the devil, just to make a dime.” (See video at end of posting)

Whether it’s war profiteering, scamming public programs, turning charities into piggy banks, buying up public goods to squeeze ratepayers, or preaching salvation from the cabin of a private jet, corporations, banks, and street hustlers only differ in scale, not intent.

The news today is littered with examples: Ukraine’s mineral wealth carved into joint ventures, relief funds turned into jackpots by fraudsters, children’s hospitals doubling as executive perk machines, Wall Street creeping into your utility bill, and preachers registering private jets to their ministries.

From the street perspective, this may look like the same hustle that they do – but with a press release accompanying it.

Here’s a survey of our weekly interview with the street, featuring Atomiko, Cash4, Drones, Grouchy, Jappy Agoncillo, Rene Lerude, Skewville, TFP Crew, and Zexor.

Cash4 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Cash4 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rene Lerude (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rene Lerude (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rene Lerude (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rene Lerude (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rene Lerude (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Atomiko (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Grouchy (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Skewville (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Drones (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Drones (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Drones (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ZEXOR tribute. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jappy Agoncillo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
TFP (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Broadway, NYC. August 2025. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

What People Do For Money – Divine Sounds

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