If the walls around us could talk, what would they say?
We are excited to announce Sivan Askayo's new column for Untapped, Urban Camera. Sivan is a photographer and freelance writer based in New York City. She has been published in the Huffington Post, Design Sponge and Fathom.
A memorial mural in the Mission dedicated to legendary graffiti artist Kase2
An ode to Mars Bar, the East Village haunt, post-closing.
JR went to the Israel/Palestinian border, photographed people on each side making caricatures of themselves and then posted oversized photo printouts on the opposite side. Winner of the 2011 Ted Prize, he has taken this concept to the streets of Africa and the slums of South America, and now you can get involved this summer at the Pompidou Centre.
Cool maps: are there any correlations between graffiti complaints and the socio-economics of the area?
One of the longest covered streets in Paris, with cheap eats and the scent of spice in the air.
A billboard devoted to urban art that rotates every two weeks!
Graffiti and Street Art Vandalism on the Oxygen Network ads in the 14th St. Subway Station.
Rue de Belleville is teeming with Tunisian, Algerian, and Moroccan restaurants, interspersed with Vietnamese, Chinese and Ethopian cuisines. Its certainly feels like the heart of Paris’ melting pot.