untitled sidewalk graffiti

Posted by danthro (Suburbia, United States) on 7 April 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture.

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Comments (19)

Saeed from Tehran, Iran

Nice shot

7 Apr 2008 6:22am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

the textures and colors are well seen.

7 Apr 2008 7:29am

Scarabaeus from Manchester, United Kingdom

The textures are very good. Was this taken at night?

7 Apr 2008 8:38am

@Scarabaeus: thanks! not quite, it was almost night, very late evening and this was in the shade on top of that.

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

I'm not sure about the significants of the graffiti but the texture is great!

7 Apr 2008 1:04pm

Kevin from OrganicPIX.com from DFW, Texas, United States

Like the mosaic quality of the stone aggregate in the sidewalk and the vignette feature of the light!
Suppose it doesn't matter what the "no" stands for (British Petroleum, Blood Pressure, Blanched Peas ;-)

7 Apr 2008 2:16pm

@Kevin from OrganicPIX.com: thanks. i like your list of possible "BP" meanings, but i think the person responsible for the graffiti was referring to British Petroleum.

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

A disgruntled shareholder perhaps? Sort of a strange way to get a message out. Interesting texture.

7 Apr 2008 2:33pm

@Twelvebit: more like someone upset about corporate control of their university... but still a strange way to get a message out. http://www.stopbp-berkeley.org/

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

nice catch - I like the vignette effect and the colors

7 Apr 2008 3:58pm

Mike from Chester, United Kingdom

Nice effect in this interesting shot.

7 Apr 2008 4:39pm

zOOm from Paris, France

With a flash ? It creates a great tone !

7 Apr 2008 4:41pm

Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States

Interesting shot. I also like the mosaic look of the sidewalk...interesting texture. Thanks for the link. My initial thought was that it may have stood for British Petroleum (but not for the reason in the link)...but as a nurse I had to chuckle at the blood pressure remark. ;)

7 Apr 2008 6:46pm

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

We could all be hallucinating here and be looking at the location of a Blocked Pipe.

7 Apr 2008 8:17pm

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

Nice capture. I like the texture and the colours!

7 Apr 2008 9:38pm

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

An interesting debate you've instigated, here ... I like Ronnie 2¢'s suggestion and agree with you that it's a strange way to get a message out – vandalism and violence are counter-productive (my opinion). It is, indeed, an interesting texture that you've captured here.

7 Apr 2008 10:52pm

baobab from Cambridge, United States

cool lighting - I especially like the way the vignetting frames this graffito.

7 Apr 2008 11:44pm

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Quebec, Canada

Interesting texture!

8 Apr 2008 12:19am

sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

The colors where this is painted look like a mosaic.

8 Apr 2008 1:17am

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

You could substitute any huge multi-national corporation.
Very nicely shot.

8 Apr 2008 1:30am

mosleh from kurdestan_baneh, Iran

nice color ...& good shot (jvana) :)

8 Apr 2008 4:09am

alun lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

Interesting shot

8 Apr 2008 4:47am

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