Los Angeles Graffiti artists Sulx one and Even TDB in Copenhagen. Music by Swedish hip hop artists Promoe from the group Loop Troop Rockers.
www.thelosangelesriver.com

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For one hour starting at noon, SABER wrote across the sky circling downtown L.A. Aside from shouting out his crew, he called for an end to the mural moratorium the city has affronted on its citizens. Since graffiti and street art are being attacked by the bureaucrats, he took to the air, right over City Hall. Shouldn’t be much of a surprise since SABER had the world’s largest graffiti piece in the L.A. riverbanks over a decade ago.

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Lindsay Lohan vamps it up in thigh high boots and a low cut corset as she turns graffiti artist for new music video

From dailymail.co.uk.

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I’m an artist and photographer who was arrested while working on a long term project. This body of work involves documenting artists both in their lives and in the process of their artwork.

On February 4th 2010, I was photographing 2 graffiti artists painting a mural in Los Angeles. I was arrested and initially charged with Felony Vandalism. My cameras, my tools with which I earn a living were taken as evidence. My charges were later lowered to a Misdemeanor and the changed to “Aiding and Abetting” which carries the same sentence as the crime of Vandalism/Graffiti. I have gone through the several stages of this case and my next step is the Jury Trial. If I lose my case I can face up to a Year in Jail and have my license suspended.

I need your help raising money to cover costs to hire a private attorney and related legal expenses. Anything helps !

I served in the Marine Corps (Service Connected Disabled Veteran) Graduated from Art Center College of Design / BFA in Photography Recently accepted into The School of Visual Art / MFA Program. Part of the artist portrait series was featured in an Exhibition put together by the Cultural Affairs Department of Los Angeles.

When you do graffiti you know it is a crime. It being a crime to watch graffiti in progress is a whole different thing though. The case is pretty far away, but I guess joining the facebook group or spreading the word is doing something.

From facebook via photoattorney.com
jonaslara.com – blog

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New York times published two articles in connection with the first bus tour of some of LA’s gang area’s. The tour is organized by former gang members who have mediated a cease fire agreement between the gangs in the tours area, South Central.

Borrowing a bit from the Hollywood star tours, the grit of the streets and a dash of hype, LA Gang Tours is making its debut on Saturday, a 12-stop, two-hour journey through what its organizer calls “the history and origin of high-profile gang areas and the top crime-scene locations” of South Los Angeles. By Friday afternoon, the 56-seat coach was nearly sold out.

The tour stops will include the Los Angeles river bed where “a brief tagging class on the origin and different style of tagging and L.A. graffiti will be given.”

The odds of seeing an actual gang member on the street at the appointed hour — Saturday morning — are low, though Mr. Lomas said four or five members will be on the bus to keep watch and offer their stories.

The tour ends at Pico Union Graff Lab, a legal graffiti wall. Which is also the only place on the tour the organizers will allow you to take photos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGJwPMW_WlU

In order to get on the bus everybody has to sign a waiver. Here is a an excerpt from that waiver.

[...] the Tour is inherently dangerous, involving substantial risks including, but not limited to, the risk of death, personal injury, and/or property damage [...] AND THAT I VOLUNTARILY EXPOSE MYSELF TO SUCH RISK BY ACCOMPANYING, OR PARTICIPATING IN, THE TOUR.

If anybody is in the area and wants to give it a try, it is 65$ and the next tour is scheduled for the 20th of February.

New York times articles: 1 – 2
LA Gang Tours.
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The photographs that are the core of the book are remarkable. And what is remarkable about the book overall is that the images of graffiti are the catalyst for a sweeping exposition of the social and political history of Mexican Americans. Chastanet and Gribble generally succeed in illuminating these issues through the phenomenon of cholo writing. Yet, the book bogs down when the narrative veers from accessible historiography into a questionable sociology-tinged explication of “what all this means.” A bit too academic.

But, on balance, it’s a readable, visually engaging book that will let you know a bit more about urban Chicanos than you probably knew. And, whether you regard it as art of a public nuisance (or perhaps both), it’s worth learning about.

Review.
Buy from dokument for 198 SEK.

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If you have considered buying Cholo Writing: Latino Gang Graffiti in Los Angeles from Dokument Press then graffhead.com has made a video to help you make up your mind. As well as a short review here.

The book is full of pictures of gang graffiti taken in the streets of Los Angeles, as early as, 1962. Co-author/photographer, Howard Gribble describes his motivation and method for taking the pictures. He, as well, describes many of the pictures featured in the book.

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Review at graffhead.com.

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