OUR 2015 TOP 20 PHOTOGRAPHS ON FACEBOOK.
2015 was another year of relentless news, much of it horrific, disheartening and brutal. A year of turmoil and drama that showed the worst of humanity. A year filled with beheadings, plane crashes and natural disasters. But it was also a year of outright triumph and success and reasons to be optimistic. First off, Paris, welcomed the year and to some extent ended …
Interview: YASH
Yash is a mural artist living in Stockholm who draws inspiration from people, animals and their bodies. Light, colors and emotion play a central role in his work as well as a love for shapes and simplicity. I caught up with YASH and below is how it went down. Could you tell us a little …
SNIK in Wynwood, Miami – 2015
SNIK – Wynwood, Miami – 2015 FifthWallTv FWTV joined up with UK based duo, Snik to follow them whilst they explored the circus that is Miami and hit up the biggest wall they’ve tackled to date. Track: Blood on the Leaves by Kanye West
Frederico Draw’s mural tribute to Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Frederico Draw’s mural tribute to Pier Paolo Pasolini. By Forgotten Project ‘I was pretty tense about this mural’ he said ‘You know, portraying someone like Pasolini… and, moreover, in a location like this one’ he added, pointing to the ruins of the Mira Lanza factory in the beautiful, post-industrial yard of Teatro India. This is the first …
Interview: Youssef Nassar
Youssef Nassar is a critically acclaimed Lebanese born Canadian artist who is known for his unconventional work in photography and film making. Raised in a family that encouraged his interest in the art of film, Youssef entered the field of Radio/TV studies at Notre Dame University, where his passion for photography and film making blossomed. …
Interview: IVES.ONE
IVES is an Amsterdam based street artist, who started in 1996 with Graffiti. Since 2005 he is known for his combination of freehand and stencil technique. You can see his work on the streets of several cities around the Globe like Amsterdam, Basel, Bruxelles, London, Berlin and Miami. IVES is working together with the GO …
Interview: Telmo & Miel
Working together seamlessly, Telmo and Miel both enjoy working in realistic styles. With loads of contrast in subjects. Technique and style have a high priority in the pieces of Telmo & Miel, true craftsmanship is what they want to produce. They work separately on ideas for murals and come together with the sketches to see if …
Interview: Oakoak
Saint-Étienne sensation OakOak’s hilarious, imaginative, irreverent and sometimes a little macabre street work has filled column inches from BBC Brazil to Beijing’s biggest daily newspaper… Daubing simple graffiti and paintings on urban features – often the broken ones – OakOak does what street art does best, amuse and inspire people of all ages and demographics …
#NotACrime: a campaign to raise awareness of human rights abuses in Iran
#NOTACRIME UNVEILS STREET ART CAMPAIGN TO EXPOSE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN IRAN DURING UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Murals Created by Recognized Street Artists on High Visibility NYC Area Walls are Part of Most Ambitious Street Art Project Ever Brought to NYC. New York, NY (September 22, 2015) – #NotACrime, a campaign to raise awareness of …
Interview: EpS
EpS, who is also an avid surfer and skydiver, was born in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. He started drawing at a very young age. Using only pen, paper and markers, he began drawing sketches and gradually building up and mastering the outpouring of talent he now has today. After moving to Lebanon and studying science at …
FINDING PLACE
FINDING PLACE from Nina Constable Gaza has been occupied or under restrictions since 1948. Syria continues to be destroyed by brutal armed conflict. Palestinians and Syrians have become the two largest refugee populations on the planet. After escaping death and oppression in their homeland, children are no longer in a hiding place. They embark upon …
Interview: Steve Locatelli
Steve Locatelli is a Belgian artist born in Brussels. He started on the graffiti scene in the early 90s in the Brussels metro. Steve’s passion for Graffiti drove him to conquer forbidden boundaries and his works were often visible in unmarked territories. In 1998 the city walls have become exclusive places to let young people …