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Heather Bell photo: Sofia, Bulgaria - constipated?

Nicole Elizabeth Pepper photo: Humber River Bridge - Taken March 24, 20011. Awesome and inspiring art and this is only one small section.

Samantha Angove photo: Tagging in Jenolan Caves - Jenolan Caves, NSW, Australia. A "tag" from the cave's early explorers. Photo taken May 8, 2010.

Robert B. Donaghy photo: I Love My Life - On a bridge in a small hamlet - with a forgotten name - somewhere in SW Ontario. We loved the innocence and optimism.

Heather Bell photo: Roman Ruins - graffiti done large.

Anna photo: Street Dolphins - Valparaiso Street Art, Chile, Feb 22nd, 2011

Kari Kristensen photo: Houdini - Taken in New York, December 2010.

Anna photo: Cerro Allegro, Valparaiso - Chilean Street Art, Feb 22nd, 2011

Heather Bell photo: Sofia, Bulgaria - brains?

Vivian Kan photo: House of Paint 2010 - September 11, 2010 - House of Paint, Brewer Park - Ottawa.

Charlotte Gowdy photo: Lovers of Love - Strolling down Commercial Ave in Vancouver. My new lover was miles away and I missed him. This wall struck me with its simple intimacy. Like the wall was reading my mind.

Phil Regier photo: competing genres - band name graffiti from downtown Kitchener Ontario in 1985

Andrew Owen A01 photo: Photo-cubic Street Art as Toursit Landmark 2 - Korean Toursits posing in front of a street art landmark in downtown Vancouver.

Nick Longo photo: N. Longo (Panasonic Lumix) between Brooks and Breeze Ave on Pacific in Venice Beach, Calif.

Emily Doris photo: Taken on Windmil Lane in Dublin, Ireland.

Anil Handa photo: In taking a picture of a graffiti'd Berlin Wall guard, I instead got this shot of him carrying off my friend Tim.

Les Yatabe photo: This was taken at the former Minchinbury Winery in Minchinbury, NSW.

Vince Porter photo: A landmark, Long Range Mountains, Northern Newfoundland, taken March 22, 2011.

Chris Hudson photo: "I have no idea who or what SePhono is."

Sherry Lawlor photo: Viva Argentina - Argentina's renowned 'Jaz' Fasoli worked with Toronto street artists to create his latest global installation. This Graffiti Alley piece supported the national launch of Graffigna wines in Canada.

Judi Angel photo: Creepy Graffiti - May 25, 2010 - In a downtown Vancouver alley, I was experimenting with long exposures and a flashlight against this cool graffiti backdrop.

Michael Derblich photo: Grafitti - Taken in Autumn 2010 at Evergreen Brickworks

Kathryn Taylor photo: Graffiti in Amsterdam March 2011 - On a recent trip to Amsterdam, I took this photo of street graffiti. I am always on the lookout for good graffiti art, which I know can appear and disappear just as unexpectedly.

Tara Druzina photo: How can THIS be a crime? "Graffiti is an artistic style used to communicate with the commoner." This picture was taken at the Kensington Market in Toronto on February 18, 2011.

David Hoffer photo: Berlin Wall shot of friends recreating an escape

David Hoffer photo: Berlin Wall 20th anniversary restoral by original artists 4

Paul Redekop - Blue Face - Close up of a face on a wall in Valparaiso, Chili. Taken early February

Michele Nitta photo: Graffiti: Alley - Downtown Vancouver alley, August 2010.

David Hoffer photo: Berlin Wall 20th anniversary restoral by original artists 5 Berlin Wall 20th anniversary restoral by original artists 5 Taken April 6, 2009

Graeme Pickett photo: Downtown Montreal - Rue de Bleury near Sherbrooke O

Michele Nitta photo: Graffiti: If Nothing Else - 1000 Parker Street, East Vancouver. November 2010.

Michele Nitta photo: Graffiti: Hastings Street - downtown Vancouver. September 2010.

Bev Niven photo: Train Graffiti - Taken March 21 at a railway station here in Sydney Nova Scotia.

Michele Nitta photo: Graffiti: edge of Gastown - Downtown Vancouver, September 2010.

Michael Ong photo: Green - Graffiti found somewhere on Queen Street, Toronto.

Thomas Burns photo: Space Unicorns - Israel and Theory Space Unicorns. Photo by Brian

Ingrid Littmann-Tai photo: The Climb - What is the Paris Metro without graffiti? Always great to travel to a different part of the city as I did this week. The station you get off at always gives you a clue on what the area will be like.

Barbara Wackerle Baker photo: Graffiti - Mar 19, 2011 - Banff, Alberta old telephone pole graffiti.

Alexandra Schuller photo: Paint on Wood - On a graffiti-filled street of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Barbara Manners photo: "Words beginning with 'r' for $800, Alex." - Taken April 2010 off Bloor Street in the Annex. Full colour.

Kim MacDonald photo: A Bit of Berlin - Shot in Montreal on a Canon SLR

Michael Derblich photo: Unseen Graffitti - Taken last Autumn on disused rail track under Bayview Ave.

Deborah Pattison photo: Circumvesuviana - 'Find' me in Sorrento Italy. The entire train was covered in graffiti. If you must make a statement , make sure everyone sees it.

Michael Derblich photo: Graffitti & Will - Taken last Autumn at Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto. "Model" is Will Derblich (my grandson), a.k.a. The Marauder.

Michael Derblich photo: Train Graffitti - Taken last Autumn on CPR track, Leaside, Toronto

Sierd Hortsing photo: Sandino - San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, November 2006

Alexandra Schuller photo: Boom in Blue - Building in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Barbara Wackerle Baker photo: Graffiti - Mar 20, 2011 - Railcar graffiti in Calgary, Alberta

Alexandra Schuller photo: Graffiti in Perspective - On a graffiti-filled street in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Michele Nitta photo: Graffiti: Granville Street - downtown Vancouver. August 2010.

Barb McDougall photo: San Remo, Italy - This photo was taken with TMAX film (Kodak black and white) when I was travelling in Italy, November 1994. It is the old city of San Remo.

Alexandra Schuller photo: Playground Fun - A schoolyard's playful art in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

David Hoffer photo: Getting close up to the Berlin Wall - Getting close up to the Berlin Wall Taken on April 6, 2009

Kim MacDonald photo: Bit of Berlin - Shot in Montreal on a Canon camera

Alexandra Schuller photo: The Writing on the Wall - From the man-made caves in Maastricht,The Netherlands, which have served many purposes,including storing a large Rembrandt during WWII.Countless inscriptions young and old cover its 20,000 passageways.

Robert B. Donaghy photo: Can't Get Number Nine - Echoing the bewilderment of Beatles' fans the world over for the past forty-something years. Surely, some may say, we are owed an explanation. Not, say I. Venice, Italy.

Thomas photo: TV oddfellows - Photo taken in Milan, Italy. Wonderful street art featuring Gary Coleman and the character, Brains, from the TV show Thunderbirds.

Rob Grimshaw photo: Pieces by Thesis - A favorite shot of a Thesis piece in Halifax - taken a couple of years ago

Lee Gunderson photo: Holiday at graffiti washout hotel - Taken in downtown Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. This dereelict grafitti strewn hotel captivated this older couple at sunset. Perhaps memories of days gone by? Strings through he heart? But it was quainy

selrahcyrogerg on flickr aka charlie gregory photo: Sunday Morning - the city placed the skatepark as far from the core as possible, regardless it sees phenomenal useage though it would have made sense to give other residents the opportunity to play their sports.

Sylviet photo: Lost Boy - 18 Sep 10 Dartmouth NS Behind Farmers' Market (close to train tracks) - Part of a large graffi. Almost tell the story of this little boy who seem lost among various world.

Steven Gallant photo: Graffiti - Venice Beach Parking Lot - Graffiti on parking lot wall just off of Venice Beach taken March 15, 2011

Bob Hambly photo: Graffiti Wall - Soho in New York City

Lee Gunderson photo: Smoke break against graffiti - The bridal party breaks for a smoke against a graffiti covered wall behind a Calgary church. They had no plans of this moment being photographed, but then relented and hammed it up.

Philip Vogl photo: Melbourne Graffiti #1 - Camera: Pentax KX
Lens: Pentax K50/1.4 Film: Kodak Ektachrome E100VS
Taken: March, 2009

Anna Hardwick photo: Love on the Street - Street art in Valparaiso, Chile, taken Feb 21, 2011

Bryan Nykon photo: NYC Graffiti - Nykon - This is a shot I took of a beautiful wall graffiti in the East Village, NYC. A woman walking in front of the wall is taking it it...

Sean Boots photo: "Uber" graffiti in Toronto's Kensington Market (June 15, 2010) - This photo was taken on an alley corner in the Kensington Market neighbourhood in Toronto. The entire neighbourhood has stunning graffiti, much of it following this theme with the little chickens.

Lee Gunderson photo: Earth Folk - A beautiful piece of graffiti. Under a train bridge in Calgary. The muted human, part bird, part flower child. A cloak of feathers and a crow for a cap. A museum piece. Origina measures 40 ft. x 10 ft

Elizabeth Mills photo: Graffiti Reflections - photo taken in November, 2010 in downtown Halifax. What had been an unused parking lot used by graffiti artists to disply their work was now being filled in to build condos.

Philip Vogl photo: Melbourne Graffiti #2 - Camera: Pentax KX
Lens: Pentax K50/1.4 Film: Kodak Ektachrome E100VS
Taken: March, 2009

Rupen Janbazian photo: Dreaming of better days, on the streets of downtown Toronto.

Emma Hambly photo: Mosaic - Queen St., Toronto

Anna Hardwick photo: Sidewalk Band - Street art in Valparaiso, Chile. Photo taken Feb 21st, 2011.

Christopher Patrick photo: Red China Graffiti - I spotted this flashy graffiti in a bicycle parking lot next to Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park in Beijing in November.

Michael Ong photo: Flower Child - Waiting for her bus

Craig Baskett photo: Daniel is a Racist (misspelled in Spanish) - In reference to Daniel Ortega, current President in Nicaragua and illegal candidate for fall 2011 elections. Most graffiti in Nicaragua is pro Sandinista since the taggers are paid by the Sandinistas!

Ahsan Sadiq photo: Old Barcelona Surprise - The image was painted on a wooden door in the old city district of Barcelona, Spain in February 2009. It was a surprise to stumble on the image in the middle of otherwise pristine alleyways.

Bev Niven photo: Back in the Day - Taken in a shopping district in LA in March 2008.

Anna photo: Melbourne, Australia - Graffiti Laneway - This picture was taken in May 2010 when my fiance and I were visiting Melbourne, Australia which is famous for their plentiful alleyways full of Graffiti. There Graffiti is regarded definitely as art!

Bev Niven photo: Mind over Blues - This was taken in Taluca Lake in LA. I was taking an acting course there and took some pictures of the streets on my days off. Date:March 2008.

Blake Maybank photo: Historical Graffitti - On July 1, 1767, long before paint spray-cans, HBC employee Samual Hearne carved his name on the granite at Sloop's Cove, in Northern Manitoba. Sweat equity. Photo (1981) by Blake Maybank.

Anna Hardwick photo: Street Monsters - Next level street art in Valparaiso, Chile.

Blake Maybank photo: Rio Rocks #3 - The Beat - Compelling wall art from Rio de Janeiro - April 2008

Jim Shaw photo: Graffiti - Shine on The Retaining Wall of the 427 and The Queensway.Today Mar 18 2011.

Blake Maybank photo: Rio Rocks #1 - Avast - Compelling wall art from Rio de Janeiro - April 2008.

Elizabeth Mills photo: Graffiti Strikes Back - Photo taken in November 2010 in Halifax. What had been a local graffiti art park was now being filled in to build new high rise buildings.

Jim Shaw photo: Graffiti - on The Rocks At Balls Falls Ontario

Jesse Baltutis photo: John Lennon - While in the Peruvian town of Huaraz in 2006, after a beautiful hike in the moutains, I was about to board a bus to Lima, and saw this murial of John Lennon on the side of a building.

Bob Hambly photo: Doorway - Soho in New York City

Jesse Baltutis photo: The Wall - A section of the separation wall in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Taken in late January 2011, very close to the infamous checkpoint '300'.

Jesse Baltutis photo: Welcome to Palestine - I took this picture of British street artist Banksy's peace dove depiction in late January, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. It is directly opposite the separation wall.

Michael Ong photo: Artistic discussion - What's next?

Anna Ammoury photo: Melbourne, Australia - This Picture was taken in May 2010 while visiting Melbourne, Australia where graffiti laneways make this city famous.

Jesse Baltutis photo: Eat Healthy - Taken in Tel Aviv in February 2011, I saw many depictions of veggies on walls, spray painted. A curious theme for street art, but at the same time a nice reminder to eat healthy.

Philip Vogl photo: Buenos Aires Graffiti #1 - Camera: Pentax KX
Lens: Pentax K35/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodachrome 64
Taken: October 24, 2010

Blake Maybank photo: Rio Rocks #2 - Love - Compelling wall art from Rio de Janeiro - April 2008

Jim Shaw photo: Graffiti on My Camera Graffiti in My Camera and Grafitti on the Wall.

Lawrence Lewis photo: Vlad was here - concrete post in driveway, Mason St. Victoria BC