About
Discover urban art through my lens
My photographic journey brings together two seemingly disparate worlds, the ancient storied walls of Europe and the modern, rebellious art of graffiti. Steeped in history these time worn walls have borne witness to generations of change, and when layered with contemporary graffiti, they tell a new more complex story, one where time, culture and contemporary art converge.
In the cities of Paris, Rome, Florence and Venice, I found that photographing the graffiti there offered a striking contrast between the weathered surfaces of the centuries-old buildings and the vibrant, often fleeting expressions of modern graffiti that adorn them. And, through my camera lens I seek to explore this conversation of how past and present co-exist, not just in a visual sense but in a dialogue about time, heritage, and transformation.
I have been particularly drawn to the textures and layers peeling painted surfaces, crumbing stone, political posters torn and layered painted over contrasting with splashes of graffiti’s bold color schemes. It is in my photo images of these scenes that I invite viewers to see graffiti not as an intrusion or just a wall that many pass by without noticing but as an evolving art form that challenges our perceptions of what art, history and beauty can be.
Rather than just capturing random graffiti images, each photo I take is a deliberate photo composition. I explore how the rawness, random colors and layers of graffiti interact with their surroundings. The fragmented edges, the overlapping layers, and the contrasting hues become the subjects of my photo images and in this process I see these graffiti adorned walls not as mere backdrops, but each crack, and spray painted stroke adding to my own abstract photo narrative elevating these urban expressions into something personal and new.
Though my lens I invite viewers to reconsider their relationship with these urban spaces and the graffiti art that makes them come alive.
The grit, color and texture of graffiti is a visual language that speaks to me on a personal level, reflecting the energy of a city and the voices of those who carve out space for themselves within it. Finding abstract harmony in what might initially appear disorderly, and to invite others to see street art as I do: as a constantly shifting space for creative expression and abstract composition.