Shoot Eleven- Graffiti 2- Straight Images

For this image, I used the flash on my camera in order to capture both the people walking past and the tunnel filled with graffiti. I find this image really interesting because the depth of field and leading lines in this photo draw the audiences eyes straight down the middle of this tunnel revealing all the different graffiti. I find the main aspect of this image is the graffiti of the lady on the top of the tunnel which I find really striking as it contrasts from the rest of the graffiti as this is black and white whilst everything else is in colour. Without the flash this image was too dark and I didn't find that it had the same effect/ appeal to it. Another part of this image which I think works is the representation of youth that is formed;  the audience are able to see a very messy floor from both graffiti and rubbish that has been left behind from both passers by and graffiti artists, suggesting that youths as a whole are careless. 

Even though this image can be very controversial I find it really interesting in conveying irony. The idea of politics is very "adult-talk" yet this artist has combined the adult life of politics with the child entertainment of toy LEGO figures. This is symbolic of sociologist Postman in the suggestion that childhood is disappearing at a dazzling speed with the line between adult life and child life merging together and being hard to tell the difference. I therefore find this image really relevant to my work into youth because youths don't have the right to vote- from the age of 18 is when you can vote, yet it still effects that generation as they will grow up with the consequences of that election. Therefore showing how even though youths don't exactly have the right to vote for the president, they still gain a perspective.

This is the image which shows the work of the graffiti artist who created a lot of the work within Leake St, the reason I have chosen to use this image is to firstly show the name of the artist because I find their work really interesting but I also like the ironic concept is lots of his work. For example this LEGO figure is using his body language of sticking up his middle finger as a rebellion, therefore showing a link between his work across the tunnel, the idea or merging adult behaviour with the young minded influence of toys.

This is an image which I find really intriguing not only for the graffiti but also the caption the artist has created underneath it. "So until we find a cure for cancer... Lets Dance". This is a really powerful statement because sadly many people each year are lost due to cancer and people are trying their hardest in order to find a cure, yet this artist is trying to put a more positive twist on it. Much like the other images there is the brat contrast between the childlike toys of LEGO with the talk of something as powerful as cancer.

This is part of a tribute art across a wide part of the tunnel in dedication of the celebrities who died in 2016. In comparison to lots of the other graffiti work, the artist has been able highlight this part of the tunnel by the colouring. Lots of the graffiti is dark yet this has the bright colour of yellow drawing the attention of the audience.