Weekly Challenge Jan. 28 - Feb. 4 Topic: Graffiti

weebee

Senior Member
"Graffiti" - ptcasper's Choice

DO NOT SHOOT OR POST IMAGES UNTIL WEDNESDAY Jan 28
This early announcement of the topic is to give a little think time, before the challenge begins. Photos must be taken and submitted between 00:00 UTC of the start date and 00:00 UTC of the end date.



This is not my picture:

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This photo challenge is Graffiti. Let's see how creative you can be! Color, B&W, HDR...anything goes!

The Rules

1. Photos must be posted to the thread in order to be considered for the challenge. No gallery images or off-site links (flickr, 500px, etc) will be accepted.

2. Any photo submitted for a weekly challenge must be taken during the dates specified in the challenge thread.

3. Only one photo entry per member for each week, unless otherwise noted.

4. All regularly active members of Nikonites are allowed to participate, including moderators and administrators.

Voting

During the submission & like periods, please click the Thanks/Like button to vote for your favorite images. You can vote for as many as you want! At the end of the week, you will have the opportunity to vote again for the top 3 photos for this challenge!

There will be no cash or prizes awarded for the Weekly Photo Challenges, unless specifically noted by the site administrator.

Any photo will be accepted for the challenge. Edited or straight out of the camera, it does not matter. You are left with complete freedom to do whatever genre of photography you wish to do, and your own interpretation of the challenge subject.
 

Eyelight

Senior Member
I'm thinking we might see some outside the box creativity on this one. I'm not even sure I can find any, so I may have to imPhotoshoprovise.
 

Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
I definitely am not going to give audience, here, to criminals who vandalize and deface the property of others. But I do have another idea, well outside the expected box. You'll have to wait 'til tomorrow to see what my idea is.
 

Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
My 2005-vintage Palm T|X PDA—the last of its line.

Palm PDAs used a handwriting system called Graffiti. Due to a patent lawsuit, Palm was forced to redesign the Graffiti system, creating Graffiti 2, which the T|X uses.

So here is my T|X, displaying the page that shows how to write letters and a few of the more common punctuation characters in Graffiti 2.

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paul04

Senior Member
I need my eyes testing, I thought it said Giraffe, I was thinking, where am I going to find a giraffe in Manchester :rolleyes::p
 

Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
I need my eyes testing, I thought it said Giraffe, I was thinking, where am I going to find a giraffe in Manchester :rolleyes::p

“Giraffe” was the name of a game that came with early Palm models, to help you practice Graffiti. Gameplay consisted of letters and characters falling down the screen, and you had to write them before they reached the bottom.
 

Eyelight

Senior Member
I definitely am not going to give audience, here, to criminals who vandalize and deface the property of others. But I do have another idea, well outside the expected box. You'll have to wait 'til tomorrow to see what my idea is.

Thought on this some while I was out shooting this afternoon. I agree with not promoting or condoning bad behaviors, but a great deal of photography throughout the years has to do with documenting the human condition, and graffiti is certainly a part of that condition. A photographer could emphasize the art or the crime and either could be useful to rest of us.
 

weebee

Senior Member
Are we thinking too far into this? We are not asking anyone to do this. Just record what they see. Perhaps this should have been thought out before hand?
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
Are we thinking too far into this? We are not asking anyone to do this. Just record what they see. Perhaps this should have been thought out before hand?

I don't think so. Far as I'm concerned this is a non issue. If someone doesn't agree with the topic, they are free not to post anything. No need to over think this.
 

Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
Thought on this some while I was out shooting this afternoon. I agree with not promoting or condoning bad behaviors, but a great deal of photography throughout the years has to do with documenting the human condition, and graffiti is certainly a part of that condition. A photographer could emphasize the art or the crime and either could be useful to rest of us.

I suppose there's a point to be made there, but in this case, it is a crime that is committed for the specific intention of gaining an audience, and I'd rather not reward it.

On another note, it seems to me that taking pictures of other people's art (aside from any legal or ethical issues surrounding the original art) isn't really an artistic expression on the part of the photographer, but merely duplicating someone else's work.

If I were so inclined, I am sure that I could go out and find some graffiti of the sort that Ptcasper had in mind, and take a picture, but any artistic merit that this picture would have would not be my own, but that of the one whose graffiti I photographed.
 

Eyelight

Senior Member
I suppose there's a point to be made there, but in this case, it is a crime that is committed for the specific intention of gaining an audience, and I'd rather not reward it.

On another note, it seems to me that taking pictures of other people's art (aside from any legal or ethical issues surrounding the original art) isn't really an artistic expression on the part of the photographer, but merely duplicating someone else's work.

If I were so inclined, I am sure that I could go out and find some graffiti of the sort that Ptcasper had in mind, and take a picture, but any artistic merit that this picture would have would not be my own, but that of the one whose graffiti I photographed.

Was not my plan to debate this in the challenge thread, but here we are.

Bob, your info is not entirely accurate.


  • Not all graffiti originates in an act of vandalism. In some areas of the world locations have been designated and made available for street artist to do their thing.
  • A photographer could easily create an artistic expression based on another artist's work. Happens everyday.

Bob, if you feel the need to continue the discussion PM me.
 

Anco

Senior Member
I definitely am not going to give audience, here, to criminals who vandalize and deface the property of others. But I do have another idea, well outside the expected box. You'll have to wait 'til tomorrow to see what my idea is.
I have seen here and in other parts of the world where artists are commissioned to do graffiti art pieces. I don't think you can just say that it is all crime and vandalism. Of course a lot of it is, but there are certainly some talented artists out there that operate on the right side of the law.
 
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