Brooklyn Street Art has published a two-part interview with three street art photographers, Luna Park, Becki Fuller and Stefan Kloo. Park and Fuller are based in New York City; Kloo is in Los Angeles. Part I is here. Part 2 is here.
The significance of photography is obvious. Street art is ephemeral, lasting only days, weeks, months, or a few years if it is in less trafficked areas (I’ve photographed some walls that have been untouched for four or five years, perhaps even more). The photograph then is the only more-or-less permanent record we’ve got. More importantly, with the emergence of the web, digital photography becomes more than a mere record of the work. It becomes a means of communication among artists and between artists and their public. Posting flix on the web has become a key step in the life-cycle of street art. Between the street and the web, this art occupies a cultural niche that is independent of that occupied by 'legit' art.
Park, Fuller, and Kloo talk about developing relationships with the artists, getting tips on where good stuff is, or is going to be, getting email from PR flacks, having their images swiped without credit, and above all, their passion for the art itself.
Check it out.
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