Inspired (dismayed?) by the efforts of the Salamanca graffiti artists that were featured a couple of days ago, Sue, this blog's Melbourne correspondent, has decided to try and trump the Tasmanians with a feature of some of the graffiti doing the rounds in Williamstown, one of the well-to-do suburbs of Victoria's capital city. Personally, I feel that this need to compete is a Melbournian trait that can be traced back to the fact that the city was itself was founded by Tasmanians. Consequently, they have always struggled with petty jealousy. No doubt this is the key reason behind refusing to grant us a team in the AFL.
History lesson aside, the examples presented today are pieces of graffiti that can be found on the walls of factories in the Williamstown/Newport area. The photographer is a young up and comer Zac McCracken (no, not the star of the criminally underrated computer game of the 1980s), who has been compiling some work for a portfolio that will one day take him to the catwalks of Paris and Milan, no doubt with a supermodel tucked under each arm at night!
Now, Zac's work has been spotted by my agent in Melbourne. Sue is as impartial as one might expect when it comes to identifying young talent (she had me pegged for a genius far before everybody else). Her keen eye rates both the photography and the graffiti as some of the area's better examples, and I cannot say that I disagree.
On a related note, Sue also happens to have intimate knowledge of the Victorian state school system, and reports that there is a proliferation of penis imagery on school premises. She has argued that the evils of television may be behind this outbreak, but I myself suspect climate change as the real reason.
But now, to the photos!
History lesson aside, the examples presented today are pieces of graffiti that can be found on the walls of factories in the Williamstown/Newport area. The photographer is a young up and comer Zac McCracken (no, not the star of the criminally underrated computer game of the 1980s), who has been compiling some work for a portfolio that will one day take him to the catwalks of Paris and Milan, no doubt with a supermodel tucked under each arm at night!
Now, Zac's work has been spotted by my agent in Melbourne. Sue is as impartial as one might expect when it comes to identifying young talent (she had me pegged for a genius far before everybody else). Her keen eye rates both the photography and the graffiti as some of the area's better examples, and I cannot say that I disagree.
On a related note, Sue also happens to have intimate knowledge of the Victorian state school system, and reports that there is a proliferation of penis imagery on school premises. She has argued that the evils of television may be behind this outbreak, but I myself suspect climate change as the real reason.
But now, to the photos!
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