Friday, 1 October 2010

Newtown, street art (Theme Day: Graffiti)

I ventured to the inner city suburb of Newtown for some attractive graffiti to feature on this theme day. This artwork appears on the side of a furniture shop on the corner of King Street and Rochford Street. Newtown is a very colourful inner city suburb where many students, bohemians, hippies and yuppies make their home. It's also a very multicultural suburb but I'm not sure why they have specifically chosen to depict Latino characters here. Anyway, my best attempt for translations of these Spanish messages across this wall are "What's Happening!", "Newtown...My Neighbourhood" and "He's Crazy!".
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30 comments:

  1. Luis GomezFriday, 1 October 2010 at 01:08:00 GMT+10

    Great shots, lovely light.

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  2. TravelizteraFriday, 1 October 2010 at 01:14:00 GMT+10

    Interesting! I love the shots! :)

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  3. Sylvia KFriday, 1 October 2010 at 01:20:00 GMT+10

    Terrific shots and how fun! Never seen graffiti celebrated before! Really colorful and your translation is perfect! Have a great weekend, Jim! See you later on Sky Watch!

    Sylvia

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  4. Leif HagenFriday, 1 October 2010 at 03:40:00 GMT+10

    Very cool and fun graffiti! Great posting for theme day!

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  5. JillyFriday, 1 October 2010 at 04:15:00 GMT+10

    Cool. This would cheer me as I walked by. It's well done.

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  6. kikiFriday, 1 October 2010 at 06:56:00 GMT+10

    Nice graffiti!

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  7. AnonymousFriday, 1 October 2010 at 09:33:00 GMT+10

    Great pictures indeed. Have to admit, that once when I was young, a few of those quotes were my vocabulary as well ;)

    Please have a good new month and Friday too.

    daily athens

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  8. AnnFriday, 1 October 2010 at 09:51:00 GMT+10

    Isn't Newtown amazing. I did a photowalk there last Saturday, organised by Rob of Lightstalking http://www.lightstalking.com/

    Had no idea any of that was there.

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  9. JimFriday, 1 October 2010 at 10:55:00 GMT+10

    Ann, it certainly is amazing. I see something surprising or new, every time I go there. That walking tour sounds very interesting.

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  10. Colin CampbellFriday, 1 October 2010 at 11:39:00 GMT+10

    Lovely expressive graffiti.

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  11. Boom NisanartFriday, 1 October 2010 at 12:14:00 GMT+10

    Nice graffiti for theme day : )

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  12. RandyFriday, 1 October 2010 at 13:59:00 GMT+10

    Those are awesome. The middle one is my favorite!

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  13. AmityFriday, 1 October 2010 at 16:37:00 GMT+10

    nice shots! :)

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  14. VPFriday, 1 October 2010 at 17:42:00 GMT+10

    I like the pictures, but can't say the same of the graffiti/murals. Anyway, ours are much worse than these!

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  15. GeorgiaFriday, 1 October 2010 at 17:49:00 GMT+10

    Love graffiti...

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  16. Red Nomad OZFriday, 1 October 2010 at 20:19:00 GMT+10

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  17. Louis la VacheFriday, 1 October 2010 at 20:21:00 GMT+10

    «Louis» is surprised to see the Spanish pop up in the graffiti in Sydney!

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  18. Red Nomad OZFriday, 1 October 2010 at 20:23:00 GMT+10

    Interesting how the concept of 'graffiti' has changed over the years! Love the art!!

    Happy travels!

    PS sorry, deleted my previous comment by mistake

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  19. tinyskilletFriday, 1 October 2010 at 20:36:00 GMT+10

    Very interesting graffiti. I love how colorful it makes the neighborhood.

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  20. OmanFriday, 1 October 2010 at 21:46:00 GMT+10

    awesome graffitis. a truly modern artistic expression.

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  21. diane bFriday, 1 October 2010 at 22:50:00 GMT+10

    It sure is co;ourful.

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  22. Coffeeveggie addict.Saturday, 2 October 2010 at 01:05:00 GMT+10

    great captures... visit my skywatch friday

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  23. Ben NakagawaSaturday, 2 October 2010 at 01:29:00 GMT+10

    Funky and colourful!

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  24. BetteySaturday, 2 October 2010 at 05:26:00 GMT+10

    Happy Theme Day - great post for "graffiti"

    Have a wonderful weekend :)

    Hood Photo Blog

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  25. EG CameraGirlSaturday, 2 October 2010 at 09:51:00 GMT+10

    Hmmm. For some reason it never occurred to me that Sydney would have a Spanish-speaking barrio! How interesting!

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  26. gogouciSaturday, 2 October 2010 at 14:08:00 GMT+10

    Very colorful and artistic, but trying to read what it says is like looking at a optical illusion. Impossible for me.

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  27. JimSaturday, 2 October 2010 at 18:33:00 GMT+10

    gogouci, I'm with you on that. I can't figure out the message in the graffiti style writing either.

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  28. FranciscaSaturday, 2 October 2010 at 20:57:00 GMT+10

    So is this colourful work invited wall art or uninvited graffiti, Jim?

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  29. Stefan JanssonSunday, 3 October 2010 at 00:55:00 GMT+10

    Very loco indeed!

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  30. Joan ElizabethSunday, 3 October 2010 at 18:37:00 GMT+11

    Nice colourful artwork and thanks for the translation ... I was wondering what it said.

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