Illegal Art in Hollywood

Jimmyhickey wrote in post #10691408
Just came across this, a photographer was arrested for taking photos of street art, after a long legal battle his charges were dropped and he was set free!
http://gzaonas.deluxe.​livebooksedu.c...=1000​0&s=0&p=5
http://pdnedu.blogs.co​m/pdn_pulse/20...-for-help.html

Really? bumping up your own thread with links that dont work?

:p

I have long been a fan of Mister JH

It is PJ. Personals aside, I think you did well with what you had to work with, that is night lighting....

Can't knock a person who gets out in the wee hours and grabs his gear to show folks what happens while we are sleeping.lol.

Keep at it JH.....just stay clean

JH, thanks for documenting this activity that I knew nothing about. It's very interesting to me that some of these guys are making a nice living at their art. Not something that has necessarily ever been easy to do for any sort of artists. I suppose it is Urban Marketing as much as Urban Art.

Hope to see you post some more of this stuff.

sigma pi wrote in post #10691659
Really? bumping up your own thread with links that dont work?

:p

POTN destroyed the links, and this is relevant because of the huge discussion on if me photographing this was illegal or not
http://gzaonas.deluxe.​livebooksedu.com …i=2&pt=1&pi=100​00&s=0&p=5
http://pdnedu.blogs.co​m …ges-appeals-for-help.html

Id much prefer to see this wheat pasting over spray painting.

I like what I've seen Jimmy. Keep it up.

ShotByTom wrote in post #10639504
He's not doing anything to prevent or stop it either. What if they were cooking meth, I guess it would still be ok to document it...

Um... Ever seen "Intervention"?

They go around documenting people doing all types of illegal drugs and activities and do nothing to stop them.

Invertalon wrote in post #10693476
Um... Ever seen "Intervention"?

They go around documenting people doing all types of illegal drugs and activities and do nothing to stop them.

And that's just one show. There are a lot of other shows and documentaries that enter into the lives of individuals doing very illegal things.

I think this is some great work. Don't worry about the people complaining, it's pretty ironic photographers are complaining about other people's artwork.

Knockout05 wrote in post #10692276
Id much prefer to see this wheat pasting over spray painting.

I like what I've seen Jimmy. Keep it up.

No no, he's involved in hard-core spray painting as well. Sorry he didn't mention that.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=909774

Chet wrote in post #10702233
No no, he's involved in hard-core spray painting as well. Sorry he didn't mention that.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=909774

Photographing a crime does not make you a criminal. If you think it should, then you should probably move to some place like China.

What's wrong with China.

Chet wrote in post #10703151
What's wrong with China.

Let's see, no such thing as freedom of speech and the fact that the government wants to sensor everything that's not in line with their views.

Village_Idiot wrote in post #10703279
Let's see, no such thing as freedom of speech and the fact that the government wants to sensor everything that's not in line with their views.

Yeah they do have a lot of cameras as their sensor.

They censor the internet and news. Google had a run in with them, and it was on the news here.

Awesome set Jimmy. Alec is an amazing artist. If people want to know more about his art, check out the vid on Vimby about him. Amazing stuff.

Whether or not you can appreciate street art, if you look at some of the work these guys do with wheat paste or even with cans it's amazing. I just wish there was a good outlet for them to showcase their work without having to worry about, falling from a harness into freeway traffic, or falling off the side of a building. I guess, to them the risk might be part of it. Otherwise they'd just confine their expression to the body of a canvas.

Sorry for the rant, like the photos and look forward to the series Jimmy.

I like the obey shot in the first series... Here are some shots from Cambridge, Ma. Not sure if these were illegal.
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=661146