Alright, If they want to arresting me for using my camera, go right ahead. I will not trespass private property and will not bring along anything to paint with

Hi, Niko don't terminate this one, it's not the same and kind of fun

Why not just ignore or give your opinion, is it art?

Pete

monty11 said:
Pete, be careful when searching for it or you might end up fighting for your freedom:
How it started: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/05/la-photographer-faces-criminal-charges-appeals-for-help.html#tp
How it ended: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/05/la-photographer-cleared-of-criminal-charges.html

This is why I don't understand why there are multiple threads on the same subject on this forum. We are just repeating our selves

http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=2050
These two threads are now next to each other at the top.

for me it's art - not all of it of course, but there are some masterpieces

Pete, be careful when searching for it or you might end up fighting for your freedom:
How it started: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/05/la-photographer-faces-criminal-charges-appeals-for-help.html#tp
How it ended: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/05/la-photographer-cleared-of-criminal-charges.html

Cant fight graffiti. Just too easy to be a vandal and get away with it. Some are artists but most are just egotistical idiots. For the artist .. I say use them to decorate the urban landscape. for the idiots .. just have to catch them and/or remove their stupid scribbles.

I have viewed some very artsy graffiti, however my company spends a lot of money each year to cover it up from our building. An employee suggested mounting cameras to catch them, I suggested a sniper!

Graffiti is probably more vandalism and less art (if not allowed at some spot).
But I really do not see how that makes that photographer a criminal.
Graffiti will not disappear if not photographed.

Grafitti can be art and vandalism all at the same time. Just like a rose can be a weed in a tulip bed.

In my experience, even the arty graffiti has been vandalism.

Despite the thread discussing the arrest of a photographer for aiding and abetting vandalism, there is no law I am aware of making it illegal to take photos of graffiti. But, Pete, that does not mean you can cut through the Central City High School fence at 3:00 a.m., scale the school walls, drop down into the central courtyard, and take photos of the graffiti that's there. The cops will not be happy.

In Red Deer we have a skateboard park area that allow Graffiti and few areas that are hard to see from public roads and the Graffiti is mostly allowed to stay. I have taken a few pictures and plan to go Graffiti exploring this summer, hopeful without getting arrested

Graffiti in my opinion can be art, but mostly become vandalisme

What do you think

Pete