i used to be one of those graffiti kids way back when. i did some crazy shit, from freight trains to subway shit, some real nutso stuff... things that i'd never have the sack for today.
in fact, it's what got me interested in typography and design. there's such a great correlation there, that i've always been fascinated with, and to be perfectly honest, have been quite shocked that there's never been [to my knowledge at least] a proper, academic or "literary" investigation of.
in fact, if i ever get to grad school, it's probably going to end up in my thesis somehow.
in any case, here are some quite recent shots of ancient roman graff. that sentance reads funny. i shot these shots of ancient roman graff pretty recently. there... a LITTLE better. these pics are from a church oddly enough. they had this collection on their facade.
not only is the type beautiful in its quirks and eccentricities, but i'm sure it's somewhat political in nature. not to mention the best part for me is just picturing some guy [or girl? think there were any lady pinks or claws back then?] chisiling away in the middle of the night on this piece of stone wall saying something like "caesar is an ass!", [dump bush!] or "stay out of germania!" [leave iraq now!].
can anyone read latin?
so if anyone else out there has any shots of some other old assed graff, i'd love to see and post it.
and i'm sure i'll get around to doing a proper graffiti posting as well at some point. so if you want to send any of that in, i'd love to see that as well.
>n
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