Hats off to Justin Staple who has just launched a fantastic new website showcasing Bristol's street artists www.bristol-street-art.co.uk
If you've got a spare 5 minutes I thoroughly recommend you take a look. Justin's done a great job - the Google maps integration is a particularly nice touch.
Justin has sent me some background on what inspired him to go to all this effort:
"Just over 2 years ago I arrived in Bristol to work as a graphic designer. During my early explorations of the city I was struck by the amazing array of street art, sometimes lurking in dark corners, sometimes as prominent features. I was soon following my other passion, photography, and photographing them whenever possible. Over time I began to notice how pieces of street art were changing, often they were being scribbled over or even removed by the council, in other cases they would be completely painted over with a new piece of artwork. It became clear to me that it was important to keep some kind of record of these pieces as they could disappear from one day to the next. So the natural follow on for me was to develop a website to display these photos."
Good work Justin!
This is great - Bristol has a fantastic street art scene and desrves some recognition
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Great work! Especially useful for those coming Bristol to see the Banksy exhibit only to hit the massive queues!
There is a competition for charity to win tickets to a special evening viewing of the Banksy exhibit here: www.justgiving.com/bristolvsbanksy - I had intended to keep it to myself but as it's for charity my caring side got the better of me!
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