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Stop. by counterclockwise.
The graffiti artists in Bloomington have a good eye for design.

**Edit**
Thank you to everyone who has stopped by to look at this photo; it's been viewed, oh, about 10,000 times more than any of my other pics. While looking at some of the blogs that have linked to it, I found a message purportedly from the artist:

"This piece is part of a line of work I have been developing over the last year or so, which is called "Urban Impressionism", in which represent 3D objects in 2-Dimensions through shadows. These shadows are created at a particular point of day, or night, and later stenciled and spray-painted in order to resemble real shadows. Through this process I am able to discuss light and form, in an unconventional way, placing it directly on the streets of the contemporary urban "cityscape" that surrounds us.

"Ideally I hope to create a moment of magic or illusion in which the spectator or passer-by questions the space around him/her, through the shadows that are either naturally cast or artificially created. This particular piece incorporates text to politicize a very important issue for many of us today- the end of the war in many regions of our globalized world.

"PS. I noticed that on the site, the piece had been mistakenly tagged as a "chalk" piece... The piece itself is was stenciled on the floor using a shadow cast by a light post at night, and later carefully sprayed with a 'camouflage black' can." 

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seriykotik1970  Pro User  says:

This is superb- you should definitely put this in a few groups- like Street Art- for example. It looks like someone has gone round the city stencilling in these anti-war shadows!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

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Rob Maguire  Pro User  says:

You might be interested in posting this image to our new Flickr group on political art. The group also acts as a submission pool for Art Threat, a journal of political art.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

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staygraphic  Pro User  says:

This is great!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

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LIQUIDMASS  Pro User  says:

Excellent! Dugg.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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jimgoldstein  Pro User  says:

One of the best stop sign graffiti I've seen to date.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Penter Folio says:

This one ROCK!!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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mustharshid says:

Very creative!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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gregwilker  Pro User  says:

I'm going to do this to every stop sign I see tomorrow!!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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blmurch  Pro User  says:

Wonderful! Great stencil.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Paul Wilcock  Pro User  says:

Most graffiti is rubbish, but is great.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Monochor says:

would love to see a whole series of these..like stop war, racism, famine, etc.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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zornfett  Pro User  says:

xox
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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vackraord  Pro User  says:

Thats some cool graffiti, also a very nice shot.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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aconaway1  Pro User  says:

That's excellent! I love it.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Clevergrrl  Pro User  says:

Awesome. Nicely shot.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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SiLawson  Pro User  says:

love it :)
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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aweyenberg  Pro User  says:

Brilliant
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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jylcat  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called you got some Art on my Street, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Such a fantastic shot!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Richard-  Pro User  says:

This is great. Here's another one:

Stop Bush
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Caffeine inc says:

Fantastic!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Hell's Donut House  Pro User  says:


Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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( j )blu  Pro User  says:

HOT!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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blatch  Pro User  says:

I walk by this sign a lot.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Yong Hwee says:

This is pretty cool!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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ªJaimeAª says:

Que verraquera... W O W
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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LoriDesigns says:

Love the concept. Now we need to help "Stop" Start at home.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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A. Reece says:

cOOOL !
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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Bhavesh.Shah says:

nice
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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..pete  Pro User  says:

pure genius!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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Anika Malone  Pro User  says:

That's great. I saw a similar one in Long Beach, CA back in 2003. It was a little more stream lined. but it said "Bush".
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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yosefsilver.com  Pro User  says:

Touche
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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PhotoPhoenix says:

uh, excellent concept.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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hennebry says:

that is so sweet! love the taggers comments.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

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Michael Kappel  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Graffiti of the world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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sniderscion  Pro User  says:

That's brilliant; takes modifying signs to a whole new level. Awesome discovery and capture.
Someone ought to start a group for altered stop signs; seems like there's a lot of them out there :)

Multi Media
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Toban Black  Pro User  says:

Hi,

I've posted about this photo at my blog, here -
tobanblack.net/blog/?p=371
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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mtsofan  Pro User  says:

Found this on Photoree. Great job!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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Claudiu Balaceanu Photography  Pro User  says:

AMEN !

Submission in Red
congrats
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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Sandy Edgar says:

Awesome photo, great job.

This is an Uber Shot, feel free to add it and your other
favourites to the group.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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Lilb792 says:

great job
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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bilinkis  Pro User  says:

Excellent picture! I have used it under CC to illustrate a post on my blog to stop the war in the Middle East.

english.bilinkis.com/2009/01/08/stop-war/

Thank you!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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Samer Ziadeh  Pro User  says:

haha impressive
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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LifeSunDeath  Pro User  says:

Sweet!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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nileshbabu says:

creative / impressive
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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JMartinezStudios.com  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Elite Photography (Post 2 Cmt & Fav 3) Quality Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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garethfw  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Best Urban Art, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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Cechas says:

i likeeee ;]
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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charleym143  Pro User  says:

Beautifully done.

Saw this on Stumble!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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