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So I've decided to post some pics from when I first started taking photos around town.

Ikon RTR. Waitangi Park.

The wall above was the first wall I ever took a photo of on a crappy point-and-shoot digi cam. It lasted for aggges ...

Still one of my favourite photos. Dixon Street.

Surplus Bargains.

IKON when Leftbank was the biz.

Big thanks to everybody who have followed this blog over the last 4 or so years. And thanks to those that dismiss my laziness on posting xx

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Around the Blok

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Corporate Fuck up

Pntr getting the visible spots again

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Buff running it

I spent the weekend in Auckland. The weather was shit but Saturday proved fine in time to go hang with Cut Collective. One thing I have to say about Auckland is that there's more buff spots than Graf spots in the CBD. I also heard there was a full time sticker-scraper in the CBD so I only managed to get a few photos of a couple of random combos while there.

T sent some flicks through of the wall above which I posted a while back. The photo's I took don't really do the wall justice.

(didnt put a WWS logo on here as the OCHE got lost in it)

High Street

Haha check the Kudos on the left!

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BMD to the right

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K'rd

I climbed this wall to get shots of the Graf above the carpark but got haggled by some drunk homeless dudes. Consequently the photos turned out crap HA!

Cut Collective on a doorway on K'rd. This work also appeared on Streetarse.co.nz

Saw a couple of familiar tags like Sluts, QST and a BH but couldn't decipher the squiggle above it though. If I had stayed longer I would have headed through the Kingsland and Morningside tracks but theres always next time!

Never thought I'd say this but I love Auckland.

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International

We're gonna go international on ya for this post.....

A friend sent me these photos of graf spots from his recent travels. Always good to see whats going on in other parts of the world.

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Shepard Fairey MAY DAY

My Graf link Guru (you know who you are ) emailed me this flick found on Twitter of Shepard Faireys MAY DAY exhibit at Deitch Projects in

New York City. As you can tell by the photo it caused a roadblock.

After viewing THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO the crowd seemed in awe of the work displayed .... but somehow I don't agree with the quote made by the man in the queue about Shepard Fairey having the 'OBAMA ANGLE' wtf? This was also the last exhibit at the Dietch Projects.

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Christian Guermy AKA C215 known for his intricate stencil work that have appeared the world over had a solo show in Rome (that closed today)

Check out C215.wordpress.com for flicks

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Faile and Bast held the NYC edition of their Deluxx Fluxx arcade exhibit/installation recently. Check out ARRESTED MOTION for more pics.... Wish it would visit NZ!

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Although it has already been well documented I thought I'd mention it anyway.

The last remaining publicly visible Banksy stencil in Melbourne's Hosier Lane has been buffed. It has been stated that the stencil of a parachuting rat was applied outside of the legal area hence making it fair game for the council buff squad.

What are your thoughts on the matter?

IMO I find it strange that everyone is up in arms about it. Is it because of the monetary value OR the fame associated with the illusive artist? I'm positive that in the long and varied culture of Graffiti that this is and will not be the only piece of work that gets buffed by the authorities. Whether or not the artist is famous, worth thousands of pounds or adorns the living room walls of celebrities is beside the point. Better work gets buffed everyday. Wah wah wah

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The Return

It's been a long time since Wellington got to see some new BMD going up....

Editor

L-R EEK + BMD

NEKTAR (with the back end of a car thats ALWAYS in the way)

Medusa Wall . EEK + BMD

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Rimoni The Brotographer has been getting some pretty amazing photos of TMD at work. Great composition and feel to all the photos.

Visit his Blog HERE

It's been a pretty exciting weekend for WWS. We've been working on the blog and its all starting fall into place. We'll keep you posted on the developments. CHUR!

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Out of the way

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Stens

Stencils usually appear around this time of year due to a new year of University starting up. Snapped these flicks just in time as I walked past an hour or 2 later and they had been buffed (apart from the TV stencil below)

Over-spray can really kill the overall look of a stencil, but still, It's not a bad effort.

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Cast!

Thanks Cast!

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