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Project 52: Week 19
I am very happy to present the third installment of my occasional series ‘Small Town Street Art‘.
After six months living in Harpenden, I’ve finally found a third bit of graffiti – Elvis dancing on the side of the Doctor’s surgery.
The kids are getting pretty wild around here.
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Small Town Street Art: An Occasional Series
A few weeks ago, I posted about how pleased I was to finally find some graffiti in town (I know, I know, I’m odd like that…).
Well guess what? I’ve found some more! A slightly Big-Brother-esque eye peering out from a crack in a wall.
I love it.
Project 52: Week 3
A lovely frosty morning: not the best photo in the world, by any stretch of the imagination.
But a celebration of my new photography philosophy – to capture happy memories and worry less about getting perfect pictures.
Also a celebration of my new phone and its photo-taking capabilities. Hurrah!
The 52 Week Project: Week 2
I am so pleased! I have found some graffiti in Harpenden!
I don’t know what it says about me that I’ve been missing the scuzzy old painted walls and the illegible tags of Edinburgh, but I have. I don’t feel like I’ve got to the soul of a place until I’ve seen what its street artists and discontented youth are inclined to scribble across its blank surfaces.
So when I was wandering into town this week and my eye was caught by some black text stencilled on the wall of the wine store, I was thrilled. I ambled up for a closer look. And it was this:
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