Amazing Graffiti by Banksy close to the Roundhouse - Camden Town, London

There was a tag here - but someone seems to have painted it out! Nice touch.

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:

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gwdexter says:

Chalk Farm, by the Roundhouse
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

canonsnapper says:

Quite right - not the Roadhouse (in joke).
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

gwdexter says:

Oh hush, you!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

canonsnapper says:

I just love this site!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Valentinian says:

Very impressive. Love the image!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Steffe says:

fantastic!
I might "borrow" this great art work and cool photo to use as my desktop photo if you don't mind.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

canonsnapper says:

Hi, Steffe - no problem - I feel such a fraud - I only took the 'photo - it's the artist that deserves the praise.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

lawatha says:

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!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

canonsnapper says:

Thank's everybody for your kind comments - and thanks to Banksy.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Kris Kros says:

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.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

canonsnapper says:

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.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

mt•MT•Mt says:

Graffiti Artist ARE Pure Geniuses!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

carbronsita says:

Thank you for posting here! What a cool photo!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

moufle says:

amazing piece! thank you for letting us non-Londoners see it. too bad someone scratched over the face
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

digicla says:

A very funny one!
Nice work.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

CallOutKate says:

wow, great idea!
www.flickr.com/groups/newphotographe
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Merten Snijders. says:

ha awesome graf! well shot
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Greg' says:

very amusing idea -
New photographers
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

HERR MONSTERFROSCH says:

*** Thats a really cool photo ***
New photographers
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

AlexRan says:

Banksy Banksy Banksy. Thanks for the large size. Keep these banksy joints comming they are great.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Maria Dalva says:

Oh... hehehe
It's great! :o)

Thanks for the invite!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

ohdearymewithacapitald says:

Is this still there?????
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

canonsnapper says:

It was still there about three weeks ago.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

limowreck666 says:

needs a little horizon correction...

Score 5/10 (from the Score Me! group)
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

DigiPictrTakr says:

Score 8/10 (from the Score Me! group)
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

adrizufe says:

Score 8/10 (from the Score
Me!
group)
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Doc Thomas says:

Score 5/10 (from the Score Me! group
this is just a photo of a picture
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Åsta says:

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)
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

ste says:

great art work!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

canonsnapper says:

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.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Sweet Cherie says:

Nice find! Congrats to Banksy for creating this original art work & thank you canonsnapper for sharing it on Flickr.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

*The Boy From Cerrado says:

~~ Banksy ROX!

^^

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Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

L8o says:

.....Oooooohhh! .....Aaaaaaaahhh!

* * Follow the " topvaa " tag * *
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

jovivebo says:

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 !
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

butterflyinbabylon says:

A Big Fave
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.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

oliwkowygaj says:

wow! i've never senn such awesome graffiti :)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Clickr_Flickr says:

You are my winner!
Please add this photo to
www.flickr.com/groups/mywinners/
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Clickr_Flickr says:

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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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Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

anon nona says:

ha ... i thought this was a real person. great find!
LeggNet's Contacts - Post 1, Comment on 2
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Angele. says:

the thumbnail is soooo intiguing! I thought it was an ad campaign.
Wonderful photograph!!

You are my winner as well!
You deserve another one.
Found in www.flickr.com/groups/mywinners/
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

nico.cavallotto says:

Wanderfull photo of a fantastic image idea

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Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

moocatmoocat says:

great capture, wonderful mural
Kris Kros Contacts
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

tigric says:

oh wow! i've never noticed it! really cool

LeggNet's Contacts - Post 1, Comment on 2
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Drakeography says:

incredibly awesome.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Niqi [deleted] says:

I know this graffiti! Great work, isnt it?!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

veek_00 says:

Its what more walls need - humor.
Good capture/documentation.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

ionushi says:

Lovely, Michael. Give this award to her:

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Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

bwPingu says:

This is an artwork! Very clever graffiti!

Nice shot!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

elishaowdom [deleted] says:

Please add your Beautiful Photo to:
Beauty is in the *Eye* of the Beholder!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

cheekybugger (mostly away) says:

Lovely art work!

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Seen in The Temporary Gallery (?)
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Ewa Nowosielska says:

Superb!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

d/a/v/i/d says:

Unfortunately, the tagging twats have desecrated this one ...

"Somebody vandalised some vandalism" by danpea [?]

Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

michaelab311 says:

Wonderful capture!
Temporary Gallery
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Scott Beveridge says:

Cool pix and trail of comments
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Åsta says:

Hi! How nice to see this again! When I see what's happened to it now, it makes it even more fantastic that you've captured it so beautifully as it were!! Great job!
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

claudette 12 says:

What a great shot, glad to see you were able to capture it prior to it being hit by taggers.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

decaturjonz says:

A+++ Grade Photo
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

blue-velvet says:

A+++ Grade Photo

great!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Randy Son Of Robert says:

Cool painting. Love the concept. Thanks for sharing.

A+++ Grade Photo
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

© ~Vision~A i r y ~ says:

A+++ Grade Photo
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Baruda says:

I saw this in the 10+ Faves group and Faved it.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Baruda says:

This is an Amazing Shot!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Leone Fabre says:

there are two great artists at work here....

the painter and the photographer .............. both deserve the praise for outstanding work. :-))

This is an Amazing Shot !
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

canonsnapper says:

That is so kind of you, Leone.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Flávio Duarte says:

This is an Amazing Shot!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Bennet Cobliner Photography LLC says:

Exceptional photo (and painting)!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

© ~Vision~A i r y ~ says:

Your fantabulous flickr photo is a fave!
Please post this beauty to the Fave My Fave pool
www.flickr.com/groups/FaveMyFaves
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

www.diegomccormick.com says:

High Five
Amateurs
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Tata Qtr [deleted] says:

Congratulations - you deserve this.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

xrcdan says:

Congratulations - you deserve this.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

~مبـــــارك~[(QTR)]~Mubarak~ says:

Congratulations - you deserve this.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

kevindooley says:

Congratulations - you deserve this.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Rodrigo Larrabure says:

Congratulations - you deserve this.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Kıvanç Niş says:

High Five
Amateurs
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Shoeless Joe/64 says:

this is a great shot. I saw the thumbnail when I got to work about 15 hours ago in a few other pools and just never took the time to look at the full image. Splendid find Bravo

Seen in the 6+Faves, 100+Views, Leave 2 Comments Group

Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

til213 says:

Cool shot! In the thumbnail view I did not even realize that it's a grafitti ;-)

Seen in the 6+Faves, 100+Views, Leave 2 Comments Group

Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

www.diegomccormick.com says:

nice finding

Seen in the 6+Faves, 100+Views, Leave 2 Comments Group

Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

wikid says:

one of my favorite banksy's

Seen in the 6+Faves, 100+Views, Leave 2 Comments Group

Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Alfredo11 says:

Fantastic image!!!!!!!!!
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Invited with SIC
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Jean-François Noville [deleted] says:

Seen in the 6+Faves, 100+Views, Leave 2 Comments Group

Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

madriguera says:

great capture!!!!
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You are my Golden Photographer as well!

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Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

madriguera says:

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You are invited to join
The Other Village
Invited with SIC
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

La Zirenetta says:

ahhhhahahahah! very nice i want to meet the painter!!

Seen in the Other Village
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

scaamanho says:

lol

Seen in the Other Village
Commented with SIC
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

elcalamar says:

Excellent capture!

Seen in the Other Village
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

hanna.bi says:

Seen in the Other Village
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

César Augusto says:

This is an Astounding Image!!

Great work !!!

Congrats.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Aamir Yunus says:

Congratulations - you deserve this.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

<< SPiDeR >> says:

High Five
Amateurs
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

tanagerphoto says:

High Five
Amateurs
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Sir Cam says:

well caught!

CONGRATULATIONS - YOU DESERVE THIS.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

in touch says:

magnificent!!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

flickrgrit says:

Amazingly creative graffiti !

I saw this in the 100+ Faves group and Faved it.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Marvillas says:

This is an Astounding Image!!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Ultimate Shot ~ Post Invited Images Only!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Please add the tag "UltimateShot"
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

aloisy says:

Anna Netrebko: "She reminds me so much of myself at her age."
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

rosegarden432 says:

excellent

flickrjob’s different images
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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Amazing Graffiti by Banksy close to the Roundhouse - Camden Town, London

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