The above picture was taken by me in Philadelphia. The one below it is another picture belonging to my friend Kate from her Flickr account.
The picture I took seemed odd to me because it was in a random ally. This struck me as weird because all other graffiti I'd seen in the area (Italian Market) were on walls or murals completely dedicated to urban artwork. In Kate's picture the graffiti she chose to photograph is on a wall. While the graffiti on the wall itself is not odd because the entire wall is dedicated to graffiti, the placement of the wall in front of a particularly plain building is striking. I chose to explore the relationship between these two pictures because of the subject matter (graffiti) and the importance of the contrast they both had to their surroundings. By being placed in two very plain areas, the art in both pictures is not only emphasized, but highlighted and appears far more important and appealing than they would be had they been surrounded by similar works.
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