27 November 2011 - University Road, Auckland Park (2)

This walls is a little further up the road from my previous post on University Road. The wall was recently painted over, Unfotunately I dont have photo's of how it looked before. (also graffiti style)

I told you it was University Road

Street files

I found this really cool site, if you're into graffiti and wall art then check it out!

http://streetfiles.org/photos/

9th Street - Melville

This wall belongs to a residence on 9th street in Melville. I'm led to believe it may be an art school or similar. (I will update this, if I get any more information on it).
Credits to Artist: Nomad Lunar 2011

Barry Hertzog - Melville (part 1)

Here are a few photos from one of the walls along this route.



10 September 2011 – Malibongwe

6:30 am, the sun is still a bright orange ball low on the horizon. I went for a drive while the roads were quiet to a wall on Malibongwe drive, Randburg, that I knew was always brightly coloured and well painted. Almost every wall on the length of this main road is scattered with tags and markings. I wish I could stop for every one. Soon enough I’ll try to capture as many as I can, but for now its the murals which excite me more. On my route back I found many more locations with grafitti, my eyes dart around everywhere I go now. Finding a place to stop the car, not mid-street, is a small problem.

Centre Piece

Credits to these artists

 Below is a Google Maps view of the same road earlier in the year:

Copyrights are Google Maps

Copyrights are Google Maps

4th September 2011

Today was my first Painted Joburg excursion. I was dropping off a friend then decided to take another route home that I knew was going to take me past some areas where I was sure to find some wall art. When you are looking for grafitti, you notice just how much there actually is. So finding my first photos was alot easier than I anticipated. Advice from a family member who is in the photography industry advised that I dont go alone to certain areas of the city, and dont wear any jewelry or flash any kind of money. I was not expecting, on this trip, to feel afraid but I must say that it was a little unnerving to park my car, get out and walk around with a camera. Next time I will be sure to bring someone along.

I'll start with my best find of the day:

I had parked on a one-way street and had to do an around the block trip to get back on the main road, when I spotted this wall of a Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the republic of Greece office.

Artist Unknown.

Quick as a flash, a group of locals started posing against the wall for me to take their photos. I did, but managed to get these two photos with no added subjects. They asked me how much I was charging and how soon can I get the prints to them.