So, I found this, and thought it was pretty cool.  Would be cool up on the wall.  Might copy the concept in fact.

It’s from a “NY Street Art Project” by a photojournalist, Ayhan Kimsesizcan.  He’s taken a whole lot of photos of street art and graffiti in NY as a documentary…. as well as putting them up on his site for sale as proper art works…. all copyright of his company.  Now, I know that’s cool for a photojournalist to have copyright of images he’s taken, but there is still something not quite right about it, don’t you think?… take photos of someone else’s work, and it becomes yours?  I guess the composition of the photograph, the selection of context to include, the decisions about what to exclude are the right of the photographer… but sometimes it just doesn’t seem 100% above board.  Someone painted that graffiti… they get nothing… you get paid ‘cos you took the photo of it… Hmm…

But hey, he’s capturing graffiti that might only last days or weeks before it’s covered up or painted over… so, I guess for his efforts to preserve art work, he should get some cash.  He’s done the service of preserving the work, I guess.

Alright, I’ll pay that.