Whenever I get the chance to travel, I always photograph local street art. The topics, colors, and scenes help me absorb the feel and atmosphere that makes each destination truly unique. Join me for a tour of some amazing street art from around the world, right from the comfort of your armchair.
Welcome to Berlin, Germany, our first stop on the tour, where we find Christine Estima‘s photo of street art by ElBocho. I love the bold lines and striking expressions:
And now, over to Cardiff, Wales, for something slightly more muted. DIFF GRAFF did a great job capturing Rmer‘s portrait of Marlon Brando as the Godfather. It’s quite striking, wouldn’t you agree?
Heading to Dunedin, New Zealand, we stop off at Dunedin Wears the Pants. The site, run by Caitlin and Helen Owen, celebrates Dunedin’s vibrant creativity. Continuing with our more muted palette is an incredible, perspective-boggling piece by Daniel Mead:
Hop over to the Xochimilco borough of Oaxaca, Mexico, and feast your eyes on the vibrant colors of American expat Shannon‘s photo essay, “Who are the people in your neighborhood?” on her blog, Casita Colibrí:
In search of more brilliant colors, we stop in San Francisco at Stan Santos’ blog Simple Kitchen Seasons. Here’s a sample from a recent series of photo essays by Stan featuring sights on the streets of San Francisco. The brilliant blues are stunning in this piece:
For a more minimalist feel, check out this photo essay by Jan Kalserud taken on the streets of Taipei, Taiwan. For more incredible street art, check out Graffiti Taiwan, a blog by Jan Kalserud and David Jiang dedicated to documenting street art and graffiti in Taiwan’s public places.
Spinning the globe, let’s stop at Rotterdam Street Decorations, a blog dedicated to sharing the ingenious creations found on the streets of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Here’s some political commentary in bold purple:
Our final stop on the street art armchair tour brings us to Reyjavik, Iceland, for some words of wisdom, courtesy of Dawid, the blogger behind Adnotator. Be sure to check out his colorful photo essay in full.
If you’re sad the tour has come to an end, be sure to explore the street art tag in your Reader.
What are your favorite pieces of local street art? Please share links to your work in the comments!
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Thanks for linking and for liking. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your photos! I enjoyed the chance to visit your blog.
Thanks for linking to me.
There’s another trip in December 2014, so the series will very likely be continued. Stay tuned….
Thanks for taking us on a whirlwind photo tour of San Francisco! Great photos.
They’re amazing I especially liked the last one – I panic a lot and like colours!
These are fan-f*cking-tabulous.
How can you resist the personality of local street art? I think it says a lot about a city and the people who live there—what the pulse is, how the culture is evolving, what people feel. There’s a good sampling here, each with its own vividness and charisma.
I love street art of all kinds. My favorite piece, though, is the simple peace wall in Bisbee,
Arizona.
Beautiful, especially some of those colors. Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting, I really like those photos.
Hi I love street art; and though I may seem to be doing the no-no of only providing a link to my blog, the whole thing is dedicated to street art, and there’s only a handful of posts there as yet; of course I’m a ‘small-world’ traveller: the local world 😀 hope it’s ok to include it though –
The one in Reyjavik was my favorite!
So I’m guessing you never heard of the incomparable Alex Martinez?
http://murallist.wordpress.com
I had not! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the tour. Love it!
Absolutely epic pieces, the article was awesome, very creative and done with respect for art and the utmost appreciation. Much respect
These are amazing, especially the bench.
https://ajh57.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/street-art.jpg
adn https://ajh57.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/wall-art-2.jpg
‘Morning, Krista ! My friend Andrew Hardacre posted just two days ago some images that included those two, and the knocked me out ! I think they will you, too. 🙂
Howdy MR — both of those pieces are stunning — I love the detail. Where in the world are they located?
You’d have to ask Andrew for the specifics, Krista – he didn’t seem to share my wild enthusiasm for ’em, alas.
Street art has great impact on a community. Good share!
Thank you for for linking to me.
Thanks for sharing your photography, Dawid!
Be sure to check out: http://torontocalligraphyguild.org/2013/07/26/twitter-mural/
Good cultural touch!
Great post! And inspiring too! I’ll not put a link yet, but am being drawn to calligraphic street art…Thank You!
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Street art – for its immediacy and commentary; is my favorite art genre.
Newtown, and surrounds, in Sydney, Australia has excellent street art, and as my blog’s theme is “There is art on the everyday” it often gets a mention.
I haven’t tagged such posts as “street art”. But here’s some blog posts I’ve done with photos.
Street photography seems interesting, but i think it is not easy to find good things and take good photos in streets.
Here’s some street art from my local neighbourhood, the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia http://angelasavage.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/why-i-love-graffiti/
Lovely piece.. the art is just WOW..!
Daniel Mead’s ‘Baldwin Street Art’ has me staring at it for ages. Wonder if anyone’s been brave enough to sit on the bench? Great piece Krista.
They’re amazing! The combination of colors are just so awesome.
I really enjoyed the colors and the lines of the street art.
Thanks for featuring my Marlon Brando image – Cardiff is becoming a hot bed of talent on the Street Art front!
So many amazing pieces from local artists appearing!
More updates coming over the weekend.
Lee
Loved your site, Lee! Thanks for sharing Cardiff with the world.
I enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing it.
Great arts, thanks for sharing
Touching pieces of beauty over there!!!
Beautiful street art. I use to not appreciate it, but the more of it I see, the more it communicates to me. Oh and the Baldwin Street is amazing 🙂
In this hurry-scurry world, it’s nice to get a quick tour in 8 clicks!
I love street art. It is so real and relevant when stuff in galleries can be real and relevant, but it in a venue with a specific and arguably small audience. Art needs to be in your face and accessible to everyone. Sometimes it feels like it is a dying art but obviously it is alive and well!
I loved it especially the fourth one in new Zealand
Lovely. I love street art and or graffiti. Amazing picz, I specially love the one for Marlon and the one by Stan. So realistic.
Really interesting post. I love street art
Love this!! Thanks for the amazing virtual tour.
Wow! Love these. Thanks for sharing, Krista. 😉
I love the colors yet Daniel Mead’s art looks like quite a hike is ahead of you!
I happen to like “Electric Head” Man, that’s pretty cool. Thank you for sharing these pictures, they are all very interesting and yes, I did find Brando to be especially well done.
This is amazing. This is going on my bucket list!
This is so cool, love the Iceland one. It makes cities so much more unique
Your piece was really exciting one with that colour grid,recall me of my trip to Rio in Brazil
You should check out Melbourne, Australia! Some fantastic graffiti artists there!
Well this is amazing. So beautifully painted and it speaks for the unspoken. I love it. Wish things like that were in India too. ._.
Beautiful, and something we tend to not see in my small town. Thanks for sharing this!
Simply awesome and these photos speak volumes of the local place and people.
Amazing pictures.
Wonderful photos, amazing art 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
These photos are awesome especially the one by Daniel Mead. 🙂
Such talent, so freely given. Amazing
You didn’t need to look further than my WordPress site.
They are some amazing pictures…my favorite is the last!
Hi. Here’s my recent take on London’s recent street art. Hope you enjoy some of the pictures. http://geofflepard.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/painting-the-town-red-and-blue-and-green-a-paean-to-london-street-art/
I really love this blog 🙂 Thanks for the inspiring photographs! The Wandering Mouth 🙂
What a treat to see this art from so many different places. I love street art and really appreciate the chance to see these!
Awesome stuff! Here’s some one of my favorites in my hometown of Baltimore, MD
Amazing Collection. Thanks.
how artists feel while they are painting walls like that must be really interesting. it’s not only expressing the images which artists have, they might have a sense of duty to show what is going around them and impress and make people think … it’s what they do and maybe more…
That’s some cool street art. Seems like every country had a different art style.
Love the one from Baldwin street. Here are some examples of street art from India: http://thatandthisinmumbai.wordpress.com/tag/street-art/
All your photos are beautiful!
What a great idea. There are so many great works of art just around my home and work, I can only imagine what amazing images are around the world. I may have a new hobby. Thanks 🙂
Great stuff . Thanks
Muchismas gracias for linking to my post. FYI: Street art is from Barrio Xochimilco in Oaxaca not Mexico City. Again, many thanks!
Thanks for letting us know — I’ve corrected the post accordingly. Such a beautiful shot!
I liked the idea of capturing the street paintings. It’s really good 🙂 Keep capturing and posting.
It’s a very interesting piece. I liked the way artists in different cities interpreted their local politics and surroundings.
Some booming pictures there! Some great art on the streets.
Thanks so much for including our Baldwin Street photo amongst this stunning street art 🙂 It was quite a hike up Baldwin Street (the world’s steepest inhabited street) to get the photo of the bench!
So fun! Here’s one of my favorites from Flinders Street in Melbourne, Australia that I took in March 2013, it has a great pop of color: http://kellyfuson.com/#jp-carousel-110
Love the photos- especially to see Dunedin included- street art and random poetry should be encouraged..everyone has some talent. It would make for a happier city. Check out “The Papery” in Victoria B.C. and Wildfire Bakery walls.
That was great! I don’t think I realized how much I actually like street art until I just HAD to check out your blog. I’ve always appreciated the street art I get to see in San Diego, but loved the little trip I just got to take with you! Thanks sooo much!
Thanks for sharing these, I really really like the 3rd one, that bench is amazing!
Awesome street art it is very interesting and I see street art a lot, on trains and billboards it is a way we communicate with each other. Very nice pictures!
Amazing photos here!! Very inspiring!!