Bridge Art

The photos in this post are of the graffiti art around the bases of the columns supporting the Anza Narrows railroad bridge in Riverside, California.

All photos were shot with a 28mm manual focus lens on a Nikon digital SLR. The photo below is as good a place to start as any, and better than some…

The piece above reminds me of the artwork of R. Crumb.
The art below sports the 3D drop shadow effect. It seems out of place with the other graffiti art around it. It is too industrial and unimaginative for my taste, but the up side of it is that it can easily be painted over by someone with more talent. Relap? So What?

I had a hard time focusing on the piece below. Until I realized that the piece itself was “out of focus”. Fuzzy. I picked a spot that was relatively sharp, focused, and pressed the shutter button.

When I saw the piece below my interest increased. The three photos below are of the same piece of art. I kept moving closer to frame photos. My favorite is the last one, the extreme close-up. It reminds me of paintings, and I’m partial to the black/white/red scheme anyway.