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2009-2013

Street Art is an art form brought directly to the viewer, in many cases without any prior selection by curators, art critics or the media. In composing each photograph I position myself near existing Street Art, often in lonely, urban areas, and then wait for people to walk by. Through their reactions or lack of reaction to the artworks they become both viewers of and participants in an art making process. The people in these pieces become a part of an art event themselves. Ripped paper or the application of paint over the original art work documents traces of former interactions with the art by unknown participants and shows another layer of art mediated by urban life. By choosing the specific street art in its unique, if out of the way location, I maintain a degree of control over the process while having no control over the people or actions that will become an inherent part of the photograph.

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Relationships, Brooklyn

Relationships, Brooklyn

Garbage, Berlin

Garbage, Berlin

Bunny, Miami

Bunny, Miami

No Words, New York

No Words, New York

Basketball, Miami

Basketball, Miami

Brotherly Kiss, Berlin

Brotherly Kiss, Berlin

Universe, Miami

Universe, Miami

Astronaut, Berlin

Astronaut, Berlin

White on Black, New York

White on Black, New York

Crouching Figure, Miami

Crouching Figure, Miami

Exploring, Cambridge

Exploring, Cambridge

Hidden Flower, Berlin

Hidden Flower, Berlin

Look, Boston

Look, Boston

Pick Up, Miami

Pick Up, Miami

Wedding With Madonna, New York

Wedding With Madonna, New York

Post No Bills, New York

Post No Bills, New York

Squeeze, New York

Squeeze, New York

Stuffy Nose, New York

Stuffy Nose, New York

Walking the Dog, Miami

Walking the Dog, Miami

Love is the Answer, New York

Love is the Answer, New York

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