Overview
This first-ever guide to focus solely on London street art proves that the city's graffiti culture is clearly thriving. Shot in a riot of color by press photographer Alex MacNaughton, London Street Art presents a broad spectrum of writers and graffiti artists from crews all over London, including Hoxton, Shoreditch, Camden, and Hackney. Providing a lasting record of the best writers on the London scene, it captures pieces that last only a matter of hours or days before they are removed. From vast free masterpieces on walls, quirky stencils on doorways and pavements, to subtle stickers, tags and signatures, London Street Art is as hilarious as it is political, and showcases some of the most current, exciting and fresh urban art forms in the world.
Synopsis
Tour London's back streets, phone boxes, doorways and tube stations in this pocket-sized guide to the best urban art the city has to offer.
This first-ever guide to focus solely on London street art proves that the city's graffiti culture is clearly thriving. Shot in a riot of color by photojournalist Alex MacNaughton, here is a sampling of the best the city has to offer, from complex mixed media installations to simple iconic figures, from stencils and stickers, to spray cans and freehand. Featuring messages that range from politics to punk, from profound to just plain fun, this affordable and portable guide to London's latest street art will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary visual culture.
Alex MacNaughton is a freelance photographer and member of the British Press Photographers Association.