Street Art: Sao Paulo Graffiti

Slideshow  •  Rob Verger  •  03.19.09 | 9:05 AM ET Photo 7 of 10

This scene in Beco do Batman is by several different artists. Among them: Rafael Highraff painted the plant-like green, yellow, blue and pink swirls, and Zezão painted the aurora-borealis-like smudges to the left.

Tags: Art, Graffiti, Travel Photography, South America, Brazil
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Rob Verger

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8 Comments for Street Art: Sao Paulo Graffiti

Joanna 03.19.09 | 3:47 PM ET

Great slideshow, Rob!!!

JN 03.25.09 | 11:38 PM ET

Beautiful and thoughtful slideshow!

Mary 04.10.09 | 6:36 AM ET

Great pictures. I live in São Paulo. One of my favorite pieces appears all over the city along key avenues: a large stern block-like face, accompanied by the sentence: “Você é um escravo do trânsito.”  [You are a slave to traffic.] I always chuckle when I see it because it captures one of the inevitabilities of living here.

Nena 04.11.09 | 3:03 PM ET

Great pictures, Rob! Congratulations!

Augusto 04.11.09 | 3:07 PM ET

The slideshow is really very good! Great job!

Jenny 04.13.09 | 3:36 PM ET

These are the things I notice when I travel. I haven’t been to South America yet so thank you for bringing street-level art to those of us who long to visit but haven’t yet. I just loved these shots. My favorite artist: Onesto
Keep snapping and keeping the underground art scene alive!
Jenny

amy 04.13.09 | 7:34 PM ET

I currently live in SP. and I absolutely love the street art here.!
how did you get in touch with the artists, or did you?
please let me know. greatly appreciated
beijos.

Rob Verger 04.15.09 | 10:42 PM ET

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments! I’m glad to see that others find this street art to be as beautiful as I do.

Amy: I’m happy to tell you how I got in touch with the artists. A good place to start is the Choque Cultural gallery: http://www.choquecultural.com.br/

If you have further questions, feel free to email me at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

—Rob

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