This marvellous wall painting by Banksy caught my attention on a forced detour to work. The next day I retraced my steps - and took my camera!
........but see what two years of defacement and botched attempted restoration has done:
This photo was taken on June 20, 2006 using a Canon Digital IXUS 700.
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funlover_067, Simon Crubellier, reihime, skuds, and 660 other people added this photo to their favorites.
gwdexter (72 months ago | reply)
Chalk Farm, by the Roundhouse
canonsnapper (72 months ago | reply)
Quite right - not the Roadhouse (in joke).
gwdexter (72 months ago | reply)
Oh hush, you!
canonsnapper (72 months ago | reply)
I just love this site!
Valentinian (72 months ago | reply)
Very impressive. Love the image!
Steffe (72 months ago | reply)
fantastic!
I might "borrow" this great art work and cool photo to use as my desktop photo if you don't mind.
canonsnapper (72 months ago | reply)
Hi, Steffe - no problem - I feel such a fraud - I only took the 'photo - it's the artist that deserves the praise.
lawatha (72 months ago | reply)
Congratulations! This image is currently one of Flickr's most interesting photos for 21 June 2006. (It is on page one of the calendar view.) Would you please add it to the Interestingness pool? It would be a great addition!
canonsnapper (72 months ago | reply)
Thank's everybody for your kind comments - and thanks to Banksy.
Kris Kros (72 months ago | reply)
This is listed in the Top 20 of 20 June 2006.
I invite you to add this to Explore Front Page/Top 20 of the Day.
canonsnapper (72 months ago | reply)
Many thanks for your invitation Kris Kros. I have added the photo to the Explore Front Page Group.
By the way, I am a great admirer of your work. Your helicoptor reflected above glass-clad skyscraper with palm trees is one of my favourites. And I love your car imagery.
mt•MT•Mt (72 months ago | reply)
Graffiti Artist ARE Pure Geniuses!
carbronsita (72 months ago | reply)
Thank you for posting here! What a cool photo!
moufle (72 months ago | reply)
amazing piece! thank you for letting us non-Londoners see it. too bad someone scratched over the face
digicla (72 months ago | reply)
A very funny one!
Nice work.
CallOutKate [deleted] (72 months ago | reply)
wow, great idea!
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Merten Snijders. (72 months ago | reply)
ha awesome graf! well shot
Greg' (72 months ago | reply)
very amusing idea -
New photographers
HERR MONSTERFROSCH (72 months ago | reply)
*** Thats a really cool photo ***
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AlexRan (71 months ago | reply)
Banksy Banksy Banksy. Thanks for the large size. Keep these banksy joints comming they are great.
Maria Dalva (70 months ago | reply)
Oh... hehehe
It's great! :o)
Thanks for the invite!
ohdearymewithacapitald (70 months ago | reply)
Is this still there?????
canonsnapper (70 months ago | reply)
It was still there about three weeks ago.
limowreck666 (70 months ago | reply)
needs a little horizon correction...
Score 5/10 (from the Score Me! group)
DigiPictrTakr (70 months ago | reply)
Score 8/10 (from the Score Me! group)
adrizufe (70 months ago | reply)
Score 8/10 (from the Score
Me!
group)
Doc Thomas (70 months ago | reply)
Score 5/10 (from the Score Me! group
this is just a photo of a picture
Åsta (70 months ago | reply)
Oh, I'm struggling to score this one, since it's a good photo of a really cool work of art. But then again, you spotted it, and I guess it's the same thing when we take pics of buildings and other objects too...? But it's still difficult to score it!
Score 7/10 - well spotted and documented. (from the Score Me! group)
**ste** (70 months ago | reply)
great art work!
canonsnapper (70 months ago | reply)
Thanks for all your comments and scores. And Asta, I agree with you as I mentioned further up the list of comments 'I feel such a fraud' - I only spotted the work of another and captured it on camera.
*Sweet Cherie* (69 months ago | reply)
Nice find! Congrats to Banksy for creating this original art work & thank you canonsnapper for sharing it on Flickr.
*The Boy From Cerrado (68 months ago | reply)
~~ Banksy ROX!
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L8o (68 months ago | reply)
.....Oooooohhh! .....Aaaaaaaahhh!
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jovivebo (68 months ago | reply)
Remarkable and excellent piece of graffiti ! Amazing ! Thank you for posting in the 30 faves, 30 comments and 300 views group. The philosophy of this group is that who posts in the group gets promoted to admin and is requested to also invite his contacts to the group. Thanks !
butterflyinbabylon (68 months ago | reply)
You are invited to add this image to www.flickr.com/groups/bigfave
Please tag this photo with ABigFave when you add it to the pool.
oliwkowygaj (68 months ago | reply)
wow! i've never senn such awesome graffiti :)
Clickr_Flickr (67 months ago | reply)
You are my winner!
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Clickr_Flickr (67 months ago | reply)
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This Masterpiece would deserve to appear in :
" ╠Art Libre-Free Art-Arte Libre-Freie Kunst-invited pix only╣ .
tag with : "ArtLibre" and consider to join us :o)
"In the absence of a subject with which you are passionately involved, and without the excitement that drives you to grasp it and exhaust it, you may take some beautiful pictures, but not a photographic oeuvre"
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anon nona (67 months ago | reply)
ha ... i thought this was a real person. great find!
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Angele. (67 months ago | reply)
the thumbnail is soooo intiguing! I thought it was an ad campaign.
Wonderful photograph!!
You are my winner as well!
You deserve another one.
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nico.cavallotto (67 months ago | reply)
Wanderfull photo of a fantastic image idea
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moocatmoocat (67 months ago | reply)
great capture, wonderful mural
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tigric (Ana Stefanović) (67 months ago | reply)
oh wow! i've never noticed it! really cool
Drakeography (66 months ago | reply)
incredibly awesome.
Niqi [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)
I know this graffiti! Great work, isnt it?!
veek_00 (66 months ago | reply)
Its what more walls need - humor.
Good capture/documentation.
aurelio.asiain (65 months ago | reply)
Lovely, Michael. Give this award to her:
elishaowdom [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
Please add your Beautiful Photo to:
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cheekybugger (mostly away) (61 months ago | reply)
Lovely art work!
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Ewa Nowosielska (61 months ago | reply)
Superb!