At Street Level: #2
by Damian Gomez
The last time that I took to the streets for this project, the focus of my lens were the legal graffiti murals of downtown and uptown San Diego. This time I've shifted my focus and am placing more emphasis on illegal tags and throw ups. Most of the photos published here were taken in the downtown area of San Diego on a cold and wet December afternoon (with an exception of the wall on Harbor Dr.). I spent a considerable amount of time traversing on foot through the streets of downtown on this particular day and I studied each tag and throw up that I stumbled upon but they all left a lot to be desired. Anyway, without further ado, I present to you the second installment of At Street Level.
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| This door on Broadway is goin' off! |
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| There should be a rule about catching double and triple tags at the same spot. |
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| I used to write "surge" back in the early 90's, -true story. |
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| Graffiti is so egotestical. |
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| sk8 or die |
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| Dripping with style. |
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| I ran into FOE one time while painting at Thrift Trader, super mellow dude. |
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| Ouch, ..that's going to leave a mark. |
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| If you've never eaten a hamburger at Hodad's, you're probably a hemp wearing hippie vegan. |
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| What a mess, -perfect! |
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| Grammar is a commonly misspelled word. |
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| So fancy! |
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| Some more FOE action. |
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| Those look like some child bearing hips. |
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| The streets of downtown SD are littered with STEPDAD's tags. |
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| Interesting connections and flow. |
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| Excellent! |
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| Not so excellent. |
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| Wizard and his dog. |
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| Not bad. |
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| STUPS is a maniac!!! |
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| Haha! |
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| Original or extra crispy? |
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| How rad would it be if I got paid to take these photos? |
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| Hork brings the heat! |
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| I love the smell of solid marker. |
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| Dripping with drips. |
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| Like a cheese grater for solid markers. |
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| I just threw up a little in my mouth. |
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| blah! |
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| I used to like "extra crispy" but now I'm beginning to think that "original" is where it's at. |
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| The remnants of a wild night out on the town with some young bearded and pierced hipsters or just a lonely BMX bike? |
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| Downtown, uptown, all around. |
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| Where would the SD graffiti scene be without "T-Dub"?! |
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| Ultra wides are fresh. |
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| I'll be honest, ..I'm running out of ideas for captions so I'll just take another bong rip. |
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| Had to walk past some pretty sketchy looking people to take this photo. |
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| Just the way I like it. |
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| So many damn photos! |
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| My brain hurts. |
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| San Diego graffiti is so confusing! |
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| There is nothing quite like the feeling of a solid marker gliding across a smooth glass surface. |
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| NER ain't playin' |
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| Yup yups |
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| Not bad. |
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| I know some of these cats, -super cool. |
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| (Harbor Dr.) |
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| (Harbor Dr.) |
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| Guzzle (Harbor Dr.) |
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| Cyber (Harbor Dr.) |
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| Homey (Harbor Dr.) |
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| (Harbor Dr.) |
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| Ceno (Harbor Dr.) |
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| Bones (Harbor Dr.) |
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| Soup (Harbor Dr.) |
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| Stepdad (Harbor Dr.) |
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| (Harbor Dr.) |
