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Mural

            I take no cognisance of what is pretentiously called "street art".  It's all a bit too mainstream for me.  Mooed over by urban sophisticates, reproduced in coffee table volumes, given the imprimatur of the Sunday supplements, Banksy is the Edwin Landseer de nos jours.  It all looks the same from Glasgow to Singapore.  The authorities presumably connive at it, reasoning that it brings in tourists and young people to places like Brick Lane, Whitechapel, where they can convince themselves that they are participating in something edgey and subversive.  When this happens all edginess and subversiveness flees.  The gas mask is supposed to convey some tiresome political message or other, I suppose, but if you can ignore that it's at least possible to appreciate this as a well-executed example.
This was taken on Christmas Day, during our traditional ...well, we've done it two years running now... drive-and-park around central London.
   

Taken on: December 25, 2008

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mural

grafitti

London

Whitechapel

Brick Lane

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Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S9500, f/3.4, 1/56 sec, 10.8mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix S9500
Aperture:	f/3.4
Exposure Time:	0.018 sec (1/56)
Focal Length:	10.8mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Picasa 3.0
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