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  • A masked youth is seen after spraying graffiti art on to a wall in the Notting Hill area of West London, England. We see his partially-obscured face while holding a spray can in one hand. It is a chilly night and the boy's breath is seen against the frosty night air. His graffiti art has taken him some hours to spray on this white wall and shows a glossy finish. The picture is anonymous because of the young man's face is unseen and generic, because we don't see where the wall might be located.
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  • Seen from behind, two young boys are busy writing their graffiti tags on windows on a London underground tube train, during an overland section of the capital’s rail system near Ladbroke Grove. Armed with heavy-duty semi-permanent marker pens, they lads are committing the crime of defacement and criminal damage to London Underground property, a persistent problem that costs the transport company network up to £3 million a year to remove. Partitions and glass are being scribbled on with their unique identity signatures used by kids of this age to leave as a mark of their presence, like animals instinctively leave a scent on a street corner. If caught, juvenile delinquents like these may escape with only a caution because of their age but older ones are prosecuted, though some times after leaving many thousands of tags across their neighbourhood.
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  • Seen through the purple swirls of graffiti marking the window of a bus driving through south London, a fruit and veg retailer on the Old Kent Road, on 21st March 2019, in London, England.
    bus_graffiti-02-21-03-2019.jpg
  • Graffiti criticising the British government is pictured close to the Houses of Parliament on 30 October 2020 in London, United Kingdom. There has been widespread criticism of the Government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
    MK-20201030-London-Covid-coronavirus...jpg
  • Sale street art graffiti on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Street art in the East End of London is an ever changing visual enigma, as the artworks constantly change, as councils clean some walls or new works go up in place of others. While some consider this vandalism or graffiti, these artworks are very popular among local people and visitors alike, as a sense of poignancy remains in the work, many of which have subtle messages.
    20200812_sale graffiti_002.jpg
  • Graffiti artist Runaway Joey works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_01...jpg
  • Two graffiti artists Mynameisbobylv and Runaway Joey work on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_00...jpg
  • Poetic graffiti on 19th July 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The graffiti, which reads Lately, I have been feeling amiss... alludes to the troubled time we have been living through in 2020-2021.
    20210719_poetic graffiti_001.jpg
  • Graffiti artist Runaway Joey works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_01...jpg
  • Revolution graffiti in the struggling town of Loja, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain. The economic downturn in Europe has his towns like this hard. Recession means that a once bsutling town is now boarded up and quiet.
    20131025_loja revolution graffiti_A.jpg
  • Life is too short to be wasted on the pursuit of happiness, a piece of poetic street art graffiti in the canal underpass at Gravelly Hill Interchange, aka Spaghetti Junction under Coronavirus lockdown, while far fewer vehicles pass overhead on 1st May 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. The term Spaghetti Junction was originally used to refer to Gravelly Hill Interchange on the M6 motorway in an article published in the Birmingham Evening Mail on 1 June 1965 the journalist Roy Smith described plans for the junction as like a cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a Staffordshire knot. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200503_coronavirus spaghetti junct...jpg
  • Sale street art graffiti on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Street art in the East End of London is an ever changing visual enigma, as the artworks constantly change, as councils clean some walls or new works go up in place of others. While some consider this vandalism or graffiti, these artworks are very popular among local people and visitors alike, as a sense of poignancy remains in the work, many of which have subtle messages.
    20200812_sale graffiti_003.jpg
  • Abandoned aerosol spray cans lie in soil after a graffiti gang's overnight vandalism visit in Notting Hill, West London.  We see the cans having been emptied of their contents, in the soil next to the wall that has been covered with tags and graffiti art, the drawings of which have been sketched on a sheet of paper.
    graffiti_art04-08-11-1989_1.jpg
  • Obscene anti-Israel graffiti on 18th May 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Demonstrations had taken place in the city centre, following which this graffiti appeared in an alleyway. Protests have been taking place against the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza.
    20210518_anti israel graffiti_003.jpg
  • Shame street art graffiti on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Street art in the East End of London is an ever changing visual enigma, as the artworks constantly change, as councils clean some walls or new works go up in place of others. While some consider this vandalism or graffiti, these artworks are very popular among local people and visitors alike, as a sense of poignancy remains in the work, many of which have subtle messages.
    20200812_shame graffiti_002.jpg
  • BLM Black Lives Matter and other graffiti in Waterloo on 13th April 2021 in London, United Kingdom. Black Lives Matter is an international human rights movement, originating in the African-American community, that campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people.
    20210413_blm graffiti_003.jpg
  • Mushroom graffiti design on the side of a small food kiosk on a residential street ron 7th January 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    20210103_mushroom graffiti_001.jpg
  • A masked youth is seen after spraying graffiti art on to a wall in the Notting Hill area of West London, England.
    graffiti_art03-08-11-1989_1.jpg
  • Shame street art graffiti on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Street art in the East End of London is an ever changing visual enigma, as the artworks constantly change, as councils clean some walls or new works go up in place of others. While some consider this vandalism or graffiti, these artworks are very popular among local people and visitors alike, as a sense of poignancy remains in the work, many of which have subtle messages.
    20200812_shame graffiti_001.jpg
  • Graffiti calling for the death penalty for Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pictured close to the Houses of Parliament on 30 October 2020 in London, United Kingdom. There has been widespread criticism of the Government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
    MK-20201030-London-Covid-coronavirus...jpg
  • Fashion graffiti Fassion in my pashion in Soho on 10th April 2022 in London, United Kingdom.
    20220410_soho graffiti_001.jpg
  • The walls of a littered and neglected underpass are vandalised with graffiti that reads nonce, a pejorative term used to refer to a child molestor, as a hooded man on an electronic scooter rides off in the distance on 3rd April, 2022 in Leeds, United Kingdom.
    nonce_graffiti_underpass_040422.jpg
  • A man walks past a terraced house, the walls of which bare graffiti reading food bank and an arrow pointing in the direction of a community food bank program, in Harehills, one of the most deprived areas in Leeds, as living standards think tank Resolution Foundation warns that the UKs poorest households could be hit by a cost of living jump as high as 10% this year, a consequence of price hikes and increasing rates of inflation on 14th March, 2022 in Leeds, United Kingdom. With the economic fallout of Russias war in Ukraine felt around the globe, UK chancellor Rishi Sunak is under mounting pressure to find a way of lessening the impact ahead of the spring statement later this month.
    food_bank_graffiti_140322_1.jpg
  • Anarchy symbol graffiti on 13th April 2021 in London, United Kingdom. The circle-A anarchist symbol is a monogram that consists of the capital letter A surrounded by the capital letter O. The letter A is derived from the first letter of anarchy or anarchism in most European languages.
    20210413_anarchy graffiti_002.jpg
  • A wall vandalised by old graffiti is covered by the painted blue and yellow flag of Ukraine, with Ukraine in both the English and Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabets stencilled on top, a gesture of strength and solidarity with Ukraine as Russias invasion of the country continues on 6th April, 2022 in Leeds, United Kingdom. Displays of solidarity and support with the Ukrainian people have been plentiful across the UK, with communities holding fundraises and taking in refugees where possible.
    ukraine_graffiti_at_night_080422.jpg
  • Graffiti at the junction between the Lea Navigational Canal and the Hertford Canal in East London, England, United Kingdom. This street art reads as slogans which are prophetic and political. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
    20161021_canal graffiti_005.jpg
  • Anti-Instagram social media paste up street art on 29th June 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This graffiti is a social comment by an unknown street artist about the perceived negative affects that social media can have on humans, and that it could be as addictive to users as some drugs. Instagram is an American photo and video sharing social networking service created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. In April 2012, Facebook acquired the service for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock.
    20210629_instagram drug graffiti_001.jpg
  • Life is too short to be wasted on the pursuit of happiness, a piece of poetic street art graffiti in the canal underpass at Gravelly Hill Interchange, aka Spaghetti Junction under Coronavirus lockdown, while far fewer vehicles pass overhead on 1st May 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. The term Spaghetti Junction was originally used to refer to Gravelly Hill Interchange on the M6 motorway in an article published in the Birmingham Evening Mail on 1 June 1965 the journalist Roy Smith described plans for the junction as like a cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a Staffordshire knot. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200503_coronavirus spaghetti junct...jpg
  • Think different, poetic / ironic graffiti beside the River Cole and Chinn Brook in the inner city area of Billesley, Birmingham under Coronavirus lockdown on 1st May 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200501_coronavirus think different...jpg
  • Two men carry a mattress over their heads past a terraced house, the walls of which bare graffiti reading food bank and an arrow pointing in the direction of a community food bank program, in Harehills, one of the most deprived areas in Leeds, as living standards think tank Resolution Foundation warns that the UKs poorest households could be hit by a cost of living jump as high as 10% this year, a consequence of price hikes and increasing rates of inflation on 14th March, 2022 in Leeds, United Kingdom. With the economic fallout of Russias war in Ukraine felt around the globe, UK chancellor Rishi Sunak is under mounting pressure to find a way of lessening the impact ahead of the spring statement later this month.
    food_bank_graffiti_140322.jpg
  • Graffiti on comms boxes that reads 5G Not Safe and Wake Up, referencing conspiracy theories related to the spread of Coronavirus on 1st July, 2021 in Batley, United Kingdom. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, fake news has been spread online suggesting that 5G networks in the UK have been responsible for transmitting the virus.
    001_5g_conspiracy_graffiti_070821.jpg
  • You are somebodys reason to smile chalk graffiti on 30th March 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    20210330_smile graffiti_001.jpg
  • Hope graffiti above a railway bridge at Gospel Oak, North London, UK. In this area of London a few different versions of HOPE have appeared.
    20130828_hope graffiti_A.jpg
  • Graffiti at the junction between the Lea Navigational Canal and the Hertford Canal in East London, England, United Kingdom. This street art reads as slogans which are prophetic and political.
    20161021_canal graffiti_002.jpg
  • Anti gentrification graffiti reads Yuppies Vacate Carnival on a boarded up property during carnival in Notting Hill in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160828_carnival graffiti_002.jpg
  • Exterior detail of The Cube building behind an old wall covered in graffiti on 7th October 2020  in Birmingham, United Kingdom.  The Cube is a 25 storey mixed-use development in the centre of Birmingham, England. Designed by Ken Shuttleworth of MAKE Architects, it contains 135 flats, offices, shops, a hotel and a restaurant. It is the final phase of The Mailbox development.
    20201007_cube graffiti_001.jpg
  • People interact with large scale street art graffiti artwork depicting wild seas and crashing waves on Berwick Street in Soho on 18th February 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Part of Soho’s ex-red light district, Berwick Street is one of central London’s most varied thoroughfares full of small independent shops.
    20200218_berwick street graffiti_001.jpg
  • Chalk graffiti suggesting mental health issues reads: I think I am starting to hate my life again, I want to be happy, but I dont know truly how, on 8th March 2022 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    20220308_mental health graffiti_001.jpg
  • Love is the answer punk graffiti patterned hoardings surrounding the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station and its surroundings on 3rd February 2022 in London, England, United Kingdom. Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. Now a well advanced construction site and under development, the site will become both residential and commercial.
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  • Thanks to the NHS graffiti as the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, the west end starts to fill with people as they return to the shopping district on Oxford Street and the quiet city starts coming to an end on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus nhs graffiti_00...jpg
  • Life is too short to be wasted on the pursuit of happiness, a piece of poetic street art graffiti in the canal underpass at Gravelly Hill Interchange, aka Spaghetti Junction under Coronavirus lockdown, while far fewer vehicles pass overhead on 1st May 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. The term Spaghetti Junction was originally used to refer to Gravelly Hill Interchange on the M6 motorway in an article published in the Birmingham Evening Mail on 1 June 1965 the journalist Roy Smith described plans for the junction as like a cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a Staffordshire knot. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200503_coronavirus spaghetti junct...jpg
  • Life is too short to be wasted on the pursuit of happiness, a piece of poetic street art graffiti in the canal underpass at Gravelly Hill Interchange, aka Spaghetti Junction under Coronavirus lockdown, while far fewer vehicles pass overhead on 1st May 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. The term Spaghetti Junction was originally used to refer to Gravelly Hill Interchange on the M6 motorway in an article published in the Birmingham Evening Mail on 1 June 1965 the journalist Roy Smith described plans for the junction as like a cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a Staffordshire knot. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200503_coronavirus spaghetti junct...jpg
  • Anti-Instagram social media paste up street art on 29th June 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This graffiti is a social comment by an unknown street artist about the perceived negative affects that social media can have on humans, and that it could be as addictive to users as some drugs. Instagram is an American photo and video sharing social networking service created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. In April 2012, Facebook acquired the service for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock.
    20210629_instagram drug graffiti_005.jpg
  • Life is too short to be wasted on the pursuit of happiness, a piece of poetic street art graffiti in the canal underpass at Gravelly Hill Interchange, aka Spaghetti Junction under Coronavirus lockdown, while far fewer vehicles pass overhead on 1st May 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. The term Spaghetti Junction was originally used to refer to Gravelly Hill Interchange on the M6 motorway in an article published in the Birmingham Evening Mail on 1 June 1965 the journalist Roy Smith described plans for the junction as like a cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a Staffordshire knot. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has put in place more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200503_coronavirus spaghetti junct...jpg
  • A lone member of the public wearing a hooded black coat and holding an umbrella walks past a telecomms box vandalised by graffiti that reads Survive The Cost Of Living Crisis, Support Your Local Shoplifters, as the countrys ongoing cost of living crisis threatens many households with poverty and a decline in living standards not seen since the 1950s, on 3rd April, 2022 in Leeds, United Kingdom.
    cost_of_living_graffiti_040422.jpg
  • Street art graffiti mural in the Chinese Quarter by the artist Gent as the third national coronavirus lockdown in Birmingham continues, the city centre is empty and quiet as the country awaits the easing of lockdown restrictions on 24th March 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The artwork uses the phrase Its like a jungle sometimes which was taken from the original song The Message. Following the recent surge in cases including the new variant of Covid-19, this nationwide lockdown, which is an effective Tier Five, came into operation yesterday, with all citizens to follow the message to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.
    20210324_covid graffiti_001.jpg
  • Graffiti artist Runaway Joey works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_01...jpg
  • Graffiti artist Mynameisbobylv works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_01...jpg
  • Drugs graffiti on the side of a building in Haggerston / Dalston area on 19th May 2022 in London, United Kingdom.
    20220519_drugs graffiti_001.jpg
  • An elderly couple pass by graffiti that reads Free Expression As Revolution 4 Everyone in a vacant shop window in the city centre on 30th March, 2022 in Manchester, United Kingdom.
    uk_graffiti_010422.jpg
  • Graffiti artist Mynameisbobylv works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_00...jpg
  • Violent AEK Athens FC graffiti on a wall in the area of Exarhia. Exarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia, is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists. It took the name from a merchant named Exarchos who opened a large general store there. Now this graffiti covered area is known as a home for students and members of the anarchist movement and a kind of no go area for tourists. Visitors to Athens can't help but notice the amount of graffiti in the city. Any surface that can be sprayed upon is covered with a maddening number of signatures and designs. Beautifully restored neo-classic houses from the late 19th Century usually have a few days or weeks before they are covered in graffiti and owners find themselves in a war that they eventually lose and surrender to the kids. Graffiti in Athens is as old as the city itself. In ancient times graffiti was carved into buildings, in fact the word comes from the Greek graphi which means to write. The most disturbing aspect of the graffiti besides the volume of it, is the way some of the kids whose artistic ability begins and ends with their names (tags), have defaced some of the real works of art. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110922AEK graffiti athensB.jpg
  • Violent AEK Athens FC graffiti on a wall in the area of Exarhia. Exarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia, is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists. It took the name from a merchant named Exarchos who opened a large general store there. Now this graffiti covered area is known as a home for students and members of the anarchist movement and a kind of no go area for tourists. Visitors to Athens can't help but notice the amount of graffiti in the city. Any surface that can be sprayed upon is covered with a maddening number of signatures and designs. Beautifully restored neo-classic houses from the late 19th Century usually have a few days or weeks before they are covered in graffiti and owners find themselves in a war that they eventually lose and surrender to the kids. Graffiti in Athens is as old as the city itself. In ancient times graffiti was carved into buildings, in fact the word comes from the Greek graphi which means to write. The most disturbing aspect of the graffiti besides the volume of it, is the way some of the kids whose artistic ability begins and ends with their names (tags), have defaced some of the real works of art. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110922AEK graffiti athensD.jpg
  • Violent AEK Athens FC graffiti on a wall in the area of Exarhia. Exarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia, is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists. It took the name from a merchant named Exarchos who opened a large general store there. Now this graffiti covered area is known as a home for students and members of the anarchist movement and a kind of no go area for tourists. Visitors to Athens can't help but notice the amount of graffiti in the city. Any surface that can be sprayed upon is covered with a maddening number of signatures and designs. Beautifully restored neo-classic houses from the late 19th Century usually have a few days or weeks before they are covered in graffiti and owners find themselves in a war that they eventually lose and surrender to the kids. Graffiti in Athens is as old as the city itself. In ancient times graffiti was carved into buildings, in fact the word comes from the Greek graphi which means to write. The most disturbing aspect of the graffiti besides the volume of it, is the way some of the kids whose artistic ability begins and ends with their names (tags), have defaced some of the real works of art. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110922AEK graffiti athensE.jpg
  • AEK Athens FC graffiti on a wall in the area of Exarhia. Exarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia, is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists. It took the name from a merchant named Exarchos who opened a large general store there. Now this graffiti covered area is known as a home for students and members of the anarchist movement and a kind of no go area for tourists. Visitors to Athens can't help but notice the amount of graffiti in the city. Any surface that can be sprayed upon is covered with a maddening number of signatures and designs. Beautifully restored neo-classic houses from the late 19th Century usually have a few days or weeks before they are covered in graffiti and owners find themselves in a war that they eventually lose and surrender to the kids. Graffiti in Athens is as old as the city itself. In ancient times graffiti was carved into buildings, in fact the word comes from the Greek graphi which means to write. The most disturbing aspect of the graffiti besides the volume of it, is the way some of the kids whose artistic ability begins and ends with their names (tags), have defaced some of the real works of art. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110922AEK graffiti athensF.jpg
  • Violent AEK Athens FC graffiti on a wall in the area of Exarhia. Exarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia, is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists. It took the name from a merchant named Exarchos who opened a large general store there. Now this graffiti covered area is known as a home for students and members of the anarchist movement and a kind of no go area for tourists. Visitors to Athens can't help but notice the amount of graffiti in the city. Any surface that can be sprayed upon is covered with a maddening number of signatures and designs. Beautifully restored neo-classic houses from the late 19th Century usually have a few days or weeks before they are covered in graffiti and owners find themselves in a war that they eventually lose and surrender to the kids. Graffiti in Athens is as old as the city itself. In ancient times graffiti was carved into buildings, in fact the word comes from the Greek graphi which means to write. The most disturbing aspect of the graffiti besides the volume of it, is the way some of the kids whose artistic ability begins and ends with their names (tags), have defaced some of the real works of art. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110922AEK graffiti athensC.jpg
  • Old graffiti of the word Birmingham beneath more recent works on 8th March 2022 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The graffiti, which seems to pre-date street art as we know it, has been left in tact with respect to its vintage.
    20220308_old birmingham graffiti_001.jpg
  • Graffiti artist Runaway Joey works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_01...jpg
  • Graffiti artist Mynameisbobylv works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_00...jpg
  • Graffiti artist Mynameisbobylv works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_00...jpg
  • Graffiti artist Mynameisbobylv works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_00...jpg
  • Two graffiti artists Runaway Joey and Mynameisbobylv work on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_01...jpg
  • Graffiti artist Runaway Joey works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_01...jpg
  • Violent AEK Athens FC graffiti on a wall in the area of Exarhia. Exarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia, is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists. It took the name from a merchant named Exarchos who opened a large general store there. Now this graffiti covered area is known as a home for students and members of the anarchist movement and a kind of no go area for tourists. Visitors to Athens can't help but notice the amount of graffiti in the city. Any surface that can be sprayed upon is covered with a maddening number of signatures and designs. Beautifully restored neo-classic houses from the late 19th Century usually have a few days or weeks before they are covered in graffiti and owners find themselves in a war that they eventually lose and surrender to the kids. Graffiti in Athens is as old as the city itself. In ancient times graffiti was carved into buildings, in fact the word comes from the Greek graphi which means to write. The most disturbing aspect of the graffiti besides the volume of it, is the way some of the kids whose artistic ability begins and ends with their names (tags), have defaced some of the real works of art. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110922AEK graffiti athensA.jpg
  • Two graffiti artists Runaway Joey and Mynameisbobylv work on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_01...jpg
  • Graffiti artist Mynameisbobylv works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_01...jpg
  • Graffiti artist Mynameisbobylv works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_00...jpg
  • Graffiti artist Runaway Joey works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_01...jpg
  • Graffiti artist Mynameisbobylv works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_00...jpg
  • Graffiti artist Mynameisbobylv works on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_00...jpg
  • Two graffiti artists Mynameisbobylv and Runaway Joey work on a new piece on a hoarding in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti artists bristol_00...jpg
  • Graffiti covered hoarding around a development site in Dalston on 19th May 2022 in London, United Kingdom.
    20220519_graffiti hoarding_001.jpg
  • Kill the Bill graffiti on Whitechapel HIgh Street on 24th March 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Protests continue all over the UK against the The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, whose legislation, which covers a broad range of issues, would give police more powers in controlling non-violent or static protests and imposing a set of new rules for police to deploy. Protesters see the bill as a disproportionate controls on freedom of expression and their right to protest peacefully. The human rights charity Liberty has called the bill an ‘assault on basic civil liberties’.
    20220324_kill the bill graffiti_002.jpg
  • People wearing face masks interact with graffiti covered hoarding with blue sky and clouds outside a closed down retail space on 21st January 2022 in London, United Kingdom.
    20220121_graffiti clouds_004.jpg
  • Anarchy symbol graffiti on 13th April 2021 in London, United Kingdom. The circle-A anarchist symbol is a monogram that consists of the capital letter A surrounded by the capital letter O. The letter A is derived from the first letter of anarchy or anarchism in most European languages.
    20210413_anarchy graffiti_001.jpg
  • Graffiti artists gather to write some new work in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti bristol_002.jpg
  • Graffiti artists gather to write some new work in Stokes Croft, one of the original homes of street art and graffiti, on 7th May 2022 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stokes Croft is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre which locals refer to the area around the road by the same name which in recent times has built itself as a centre of art, music and counter-cultural lifestyle, and in particular the street art and graffiti scene.
    20220507_graffiti bristol_001.jpg
  • Graffiti writers on Leake Street in London. Leake Street, also known as the Graffiti Tunnel, is a road in Lambeth, London. It is about 300 metres long, runs under the platforms and tracks at Waterloo. The walls are decorated with the world of local writers / artists. It was initially created during the "Cans Festival" on 3rd-5th of May 2008.
    20111127leake street graffiti writer...jpg
  • Graffiti writers on Leake Street in London. Leake Street, also known as the Graffiti Tunnel, is a road in Lambeth, London. It is about 300 metres long, runs under the platforms and tracks at Waterloo. The walls are decorated with the world of local writers / artists. It was initially created during the "Cans Festival" on 3rd-5th of May 2008.
    20111127leake street graffiti writer...jpg
  • Any idea where we are yet street art graffiti on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Street art in the East End of London is an ever changing visual enigma, as the artworks constantly change, as councils clean some walls or new works go up in place of others. While some consider this vandalism or graffiti, these artworks are very popular among local people and visitors alike, as a sense of poignancy remains in the work, many of which have subtle messages.
    20200812_graffiti_001.jpg
  • EDITORS NOTE: Image contains profanity Anti-Boris Johnson graffiti on a blue hoarding surrounding the HS2 construction site on 3rd August 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This political spray paint is aimed at Prime minister Boris Johnson, and could be for any number of reasons, but in general will be anti Tory in sentiment.
    20210803_anti boris graffiti_001.jpg
  • Old graffiti of the word Birmingham beneath more recent works on 31st March 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The graffiti, which seems to pre-date street art as we know it, has been left in tact with respect to its vintage.
    20210331_vintage birmingham graffiti...jpg
  • Olympic birdz graffiti by artist Ronzo. This subversive street art painting near Brick Lane in East London, UK, shows a pigeon defecating on the Olympic rings.
    20120808ronzo birdz graffiti_A.jpg
  • Graffiti scrawled on the exterior of Barts Hospital, by fans of the popular TV show Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch where the fictional character was filmed, seemingly jumping to his death, on 5th March 2017, at Smithfield, in the City of London, England.
    sherlock_graffiti-02-05-03-2017.jpg
  • Members of the public pass by colourful graffiti on Union Street, some of which reads God is waiting for you, on 14th July, 2022 in Manchester, United Kingdom.
    dhg_manchester_religious_graffiti_15...jpg
  • Members of the public pass by colourful graffiti on Union Street, some of which reads God is waiting for you, on 14th July, 2022 in Manchester, United Kingdom.
    dhg_manchester_religious_graffiti_15...jpg
  • Old graffiti of the word Birmingham beneath more recent works which has ben covered up in the run up to the Commonwealth Games on 4th May 2022 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The graffiti, which seems to pre-date street art as we know it, had been left in tact for years with respect to its vintage, but has now been removed in a bid to clean up prior to the games.
    20220504_brum graffiti_001.jpg
  • Graffiti covered hoarding around a development site in Dalston on 19th May 2022 in London, United Kingdom.
    20220519_graffiti hoarding_002.jpg
  • Fraud graffiti on the side of a closed workshop building in Haggerston in the East End on 19th May 2022 in London, United Kingdom.
    20220519_fraud graffiti_002.jpg
  • A walk along the River Thames on the Southbank in London. A graffiti artist sprays a new piece. Part of the South Bank Centre known as the under-croft, has been used by the skateboarding community since the early seventies. Originally an architectural dead-spot, it has become a home of British skateboarding. This area is very popular especially on the weekends for Londoners to walk and see different arts, culture and entertainment.
    20130202southbank graffiti_A.jpg
  • Anarchy symbol anarchist graffiti calling to smash fortress Europe in Whitechapel in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20161001_anarchist graffiti_002.jpg
  • Obscene anti-Israel graffiti on 18th May 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Demonstrations had taken place in the city centre, following which this graffiti appeared in an alleyway. Protests have been taking place against the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza.
    20210518_anti israel graffiti_001.jpg
  • Obscene anti-Israel graffiti on 18th May 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Demonstrations had taken place in the city centre, following which this graffiti appeared in an alleyway. Protests have been taking place against the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza.
    20210518_anti israel graffiti_002.jpg
  • Old graffiti of the word Birmingham beneath more recent works on 31st March 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The graffiti, which seems to pre-date street art as we know it, has been left in tact with respect to its vintage.
    20210331_vintage birmingham graffiti...jpg
  • Graffiti writers on Leake Street in London. Leake Street, also known as the Graffiti Tunnel, is a road in Lambeth, London. It is about 300 metres long, runs under the platforms and tracks at Waterloo. The walls are decorated with the world of local writers / artists. It was initially created during the "Cans Festival" on 3rd-5th of May 2008.
    20111127leake street graffiti writer...jpg
  • Sale street art graffiti on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Street art in the East End of London is an ever changing visual enigma, as the artworks constantly change, as councils clean some walls or new works go up in place of others. While some consider this vandalism or graffiti, these artworks are very popular among local people and visitors alike, as a sense of poignancy remains in the work, many of which have subtle messages.
    20200812_sale graffiti_001.jpg
  • Viewed from a low angle, an unidentified youth is seen spraying graffiti art on to a wall in the Notting Hill area of West London, England. We see his partially-obscured face lit from behind with a strong amount of flash which throws a well-defined shadow of his hand holding a spray can. It is a chilly night and the boy's breath is seen against the frosty night air. His graffiti art has taken him some hours to spray on this white wall and shows a glossy finish. The picture is anonymous because of the young man's face is unseen and generic, because we don't see where the wall might be located.
    graffiti_art01-08-11-1989_1.jpg
  • Graffiti has been scratched into the wooden shutters of a mountain shelter on a path near the Spanish Lago Lake la Ecina in the Picos de Europa National Park, on 16th May 2022, Covadonga, Picos Mountains, Asturias, Spain. Lakes Enol and Ercina are the largest of the Lakes of Covadonga - two adjacent glacial lakes located at over 1000 metres above sea level.
    spain_graffiti-01-16-05-2022.jpg
  • A city centre hoarding covered with colourful graffiti of street art cartoon characters and numerous tags with high rise buildings in the background on 20th June, 2022 in Sheffield, United Kingdom.
    dhg_sheffield_graffiti_220622_1.jpg
  • A workman jet washes graffiti sprayed onto the sea wall at Playa del Camello, a beach in Santander, on 20th May 2022, in Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
    spain_graffiti-01-20-05-2022.jpg
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